At the main hospital in Hamdaniyah -- a predominantly Christian town east of Mosul that is also known as Qaraqosh -- an AFP photographer saw ambulances arriving with sirens blaring and dozens of people gathering in the courtyard to donate blood. People were also seen gathering in front of the...

Mosul, Iraq -- Medical charity Doctors Without Borders announced Wednesday the suspension of "vital" medical activities in two hospitals in the war-scarred city of Mosul, blaming Iraq's bureaucracy of delaying the delivery of supplies. "Essential medical activities have been suspended at two health facilities... after stocks of medicines and supplies ran...

IS militants used sledgehammers and power tools to deface ancient statues and pre-Islamic treasures housed in the museum.

UNESCO chief Audrey Azoulay was to visit reconstruction projects and meet top officials including Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and President Abdel Latif Rachid. Years of war and insurgency have taken a heavy toll on Iraq's many Mesopotamian, Islamic and Christian treasures including six UNESCO World Heritage sites.

This strain - never before recorded in Iraq - is resistant to the vaccines normally used in the country, leaving authorities scrambling to obtain the right doses to inoculate livestock and prevent further spread. "The infections are much higher," lamented 26-year-old Roumi from his farm in the village of Badush...

Signs of reconstruction dot the city of 1.5 million, with workers constructing a new bridge, and cafes and restaurants buzzing. But many buildings and public hospitals are still in ruins, and in the Old City, some areas are still just piles of rubble.

"The revival of Mosul's heritage will reveal that the only way to live together is by believing in diversity as a mosaic, where each distinct piece is integral to the revelation of the whole, where any missing piece will, in the end, drop all of their shared destiny," adds the...

Entire sectors of the northern metropolis have remained in ruins since the July 2017 recapture of Mosul by Iraqi forces backed by a US-led multinational coalition. The airport, which was heavily damaged in the battle, has been disused since ISIS seized Mosul and adjacent areas in 2014.

Located 30km south of Mosul, Hamam al-Alil , meaning the baths of the sick in Arabic, built a solid reputation over decades with its therapeutic sulfurous waters.

Iraqi Foreign Minister said his country is determined to repatriate all the families stuck in the Syrian camp after "security checks" are completed.

Six rockets landed Sunday in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, Kurdish counter-terrorism forces said, with "minor damage" reported at a key oil refinery, according to a separate security source. "Six rockets fell near the Zab river in the Khabat district," Kurdish counter-terrorism forces said in a statement, without specifying the target...

With joyous ululations, thousands of Iraqis have celebrated for the first time the arrival of the "Holy Fire" brought from Christianity's holiest site in Jerusalem to mark Orthodox Easter.

Retirees and YouTubers, on package tours or lugging backpacks, are braving Iraq's still basic tourist infrastructure to visit ancient sites that rival those of Egypt, Syria and Jordan.

Iraqi authorities said Sunday that they had exhumed the remains of 85 Islamic State group fighters and their relatives from a mass grave in the northern city of Mosul. The remains of 35 people killed between 2016 and 2017 were dug up on Saturday while 50 were found on Sunday...

The reconstruction of Al-Hadba minaret and Al-Saa’a and Al-Tahera Churches in the city is being carried out by UNESCO in cooperation with the UAE.

Arab and international universities have donated to "enable the revival of the library" in Mosul.

In a collaboration between the Mosul fine arts academy, a Belgian theatre company and UNESCO, 19 students are getting a chance to make their first short films.

The robots being used in the restaurant are imported but the installation, applications and their servers are managed by the University of Mosul.

The banknotes were badly damaged after the coffers were engulfed in groundwater during offensive to take Mosul from the jihadists.

The historic mosque is being built under UNESCO's "Revive the Spirit of Mosul" initiative for rehabilitating Iraq's second city. UAE has pledged half of the $100 million for the project.

The Iraqi National Intelligence Service captured Sami Jasim outside the country after a complex operation.

A bell was inaugurated at a church in Mosul on Saturday to the cheers of Iraqi Christians, seven years after the Daesh group overran the northern city.

His visit to Mosul, a melting pot of Iraq's diverse ethnic and religious communities, is seen as an opportunity to renew his support for Christians in the Middle East

Mosul, the country's second city in Nineveh province, was the last major Iraqi bastion of the Islamic State group's failed "caliphate" between 2014 and 2017

The coalition admits more than 1,000 civilians killed in seven years  HRW: The compensation system is opaque even for those with expertise MOSUL: It was March 17, 2017. Troops from the US-led coalition fighting militants in Iraq were advancing on Mosul’s Old City, squeezing out the Daesh militia. But just...