Shock, awe, death, joy and looting: how the Guardian covered the outbreak of the Iraq war

In spring 2003, exuberance at the fall of Saddam was swiftly followed by a descent into deadly chaos. Whether moving independently or embedded with troops, Guardian reporters witnessed the violence on ...
The Times of Israel

Smashed by ISIS, a 2,700-year-old carving may have been the earliest-known depiction of Jerusalem

For millennia, hundreds of vivid bas-reliefs adorned the walls of the Nineveh palace of the legendary eighth-century BCE Assyrian king Sennacherib, depicting daring conquests richly described in ...
Newsweek

Satellites Show Revival of Historic City Retaken From ISIS

The historic city of Mosul, once the capital of the so-called Islamic State (ISIS), has risen from the rubbles and marked a milestone in its cultural revival this year amid ongoing efforts to rebuild ...
FOX10 News

Class ring lost for decades returned to Iraq War victim’s family

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A class ring missing for decades has been returned to the family of Brett Hunter, an Irvington resident killed in Iraq 21 years ago. The ring was discovered by a mother and son ...
Inc

He Once Hunted Terrorists in Iraq. Now He Runs a $2 Billion Identity Verification Company

In 2006, as Blake Hall was headed into Mosul, Iraq for a 15-month tour of duty, the army converted his recon platoon into a kill-capture unit and tasked them with targeting senior al-Qaeda leadership.
WSLS 10

Iraq says some US military advisers will stay due to IS threat in Syria

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani speaks at his political block campaign rally before the parliamentary elections in Mosul, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025 ...
Military Times

Iraq keeping some US military advisers due to IS threat in Syria

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani speaks at his political block campaign rally before the parliamentary elections in Mosul, Iraq. (Hadi Mizban/AP) BAGHDAD — Iraq’s prime minister said ...
AINA

Fewer Than 70 Assyrian Families Remain in Mosul, Chaldean Patriarch Warns

Fewer than 70 Christian families still live in Mosul, Iraq -- a city that was once home to more than 50,000 baptized Christians -- according to Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, patriarch of the Chaldean ...
AINA

Mosul Launches Church Reconstruction Plan to Restore Heritage and Support Assyrian Return

Damaged to the Mar Gorgis Monastery caused by the Islamic State (ISIS) pictured in 2019. Mosul, Iraq -- The local administration in Iraq's Nineveh Governorate unveiled a comprehensive plan to rebuild ...
ArchDaily

UNESCO Culminates the Restoration Program of the City of Mosul, Iraq

Al-Saa'a Convent after restoration. Image Courtesy of UNESCO / Abdullah Rashid UNESCO's Mosul recovery campaign also invested in education and cultural life. This included renovating about 400 ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Severe Drought in Iraq Reveals Dozens of Ancient Tombs Created 2,300 Years Ago

Excavations have uncovered 40 tombs made of Hellenistic-era ceramics, along with various artifacts and ceramic vessels. Rawan Subhi Obaiullah / Anadolu via Getty Images Archaeologists have discovered ...