But they have yet to unseat Iraq’s tough Strongman Nuri es-Said, 68, the coolheaded camelback raider of Lawrence of Arabia’s World War I anti-Turk desert revolt, who boasts: “I was risking ...

Iraqis on Sunday laid the cornerstone in rebuilding Mosul's Al-Nuri mosque and leaning minaret ... "was a moment of horror and despair," said UNESCO Iraq representative Louise Haxthausen.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki dismissed the head of Baghdad's security forces on Wednesday one day after bombings in the capital killed over 100 people, a statement from his office said.

Unesco's representative said the mosque's destruction ... Why Mosul’s Great Mosque of al-Nuri mattered How the battle for Mosul unfolded The Iraq representative of the UN's cultural agency ...

The complex is expected to draw visitors from across Iraq and beyond ... Mosul society with its destruction,” Mr Al Taie said. The story around Al Nuri Mosque has became one of “defiance ...

Iraqi forces say IS blew up the Great Mosque of al-Nuri and its ... organisation Unesco, said the "iconic" mosque could have helped foster "reconciliation and peace" in Iraq in future.

The Al Nuri mosque is named after Nureddine ... cooperation to rebuild cultural heritage in Iraq ever," Unesco chief Audrey Azoulay said in a statement. The first year of reconstruction will ...