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ISIS destroyed his instruments. He made a new one from scraps and composed an album
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ISIS destroyed his instruments. He made a new one from scraps and composed ...
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Iraqi Ghofran Mahmoud, a "Musaharati" who plays the traditional role of "Ramadan drummer", awakens Muslims for the pre-dawn traditional ... Show more
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Iraq church gives hope for Christians after Daesh atrocities: MOSUL: With chants and ululations, Iraqi Christians celebrated the inauguration of a recently ...
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Iraq church gives hope for Christians after Daesh atrocities
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Al Masfi: Mosul's oldest mosque reopens nearly a decade after ISIS occupation: Opening ceremony marks cultural history of ancient site
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Al Masfi: Mosul's oldest mosque reopens nearly a decade after ISIS ...
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Mosul reconstruction project nearing completion, says Unesco official: Al Nuri Mosque, which was destroyed by ISIS in 2017, set to reopen by end of 2024
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Mosul reconstruction project nearing completion, says Unesco official
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Fugitive artist:What a 28-year-old Iraqi has to do with Archduke Johann: In 2015, Mahmood Abood had to flee his hometown of Mosul in Iraq to escape IS ...
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Fugitive artist:What a 28-year-old Iraqi has to do with Archduke Johann
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‘I was always an uncertain and confused observer’: war photographer Peter van Agtmael on decades on the frontline
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‘I was always an uncertain and confused observer’: war photographer Peter ...
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‘I became a child bride to escape Isis. Now I risk my life defusing their bombs’: Siham Fayruz was just 15 when Isis stormed to power in her city ...
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‘I became a child bride to escape Isis. Now I risk my life defusing their ...
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War! What Is It Good For!?| Countercurrents: The 1969 song sung by Edwin Starr, War, What Is It Good For, captured the dark and terrible essence of the ...
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War! What Is It Good For!?| Countercurrents
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Loosdorfer hairdresser deported to Iraq: Mohammed Alhallak has been working as a hairdresser in Loosdorf since 2021. He ran a hairdressing studio with his ...
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Loosdorfer hairdresser deported to Iraq
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When genosuicide feels like genocide: An American coalition consisting mainly of Iraqi forces destroyed the city of Mosul in northern Iraq in 2017 ...
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When genosuicide feels like genocide
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Newsroom daily quiz, Thursday 25 January: Mosul, the namesake of the fabric muslin, is a city in which country? Test your general knowledge out on today's ...
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Newsroom daily quiz, Thursday 25 January
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Why urban warfare in Gaza will be bloodier than in Iraq: The battle against IS in Mosul offers Israel lessons—and warnings
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Why urban warfare in Gaza will be bloodier than in Iraq
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The suffocating occupation of Palestine is now a series of war crimes: The civilian deaths in Gaza, already outrageously high due to the uncontrolled bombing by ...
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The suffocating occupation of Palestine is now a series of war crimes
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Weighing 18 tons: archaeologists excavate huge sculpture in Iraq: The winged bull was supposed to guard an ancient city some 2700 years ago: Experts have ...
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Weighing 18 tons: archaeologists excavate huge sculpture in Iraq
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What’s next in Gaza City? Well, remember what happened to ISIS: Of history’s various urban wars, the closest precedent is the Battle of Mosul in 2016-17 ...
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What’s next in Gaza City? Well, remember what happened to ISIS
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Why Israel has already lost the conflict with Hamas: Hamas’ objectives and the context of Gaza makes its “victory” – however pyrrhic – inevitable
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Why Israel has already lost the conflict with Hamas
Quick Glance: Israel-Hamas conflict: 1 million Gazans displaced in a week
  • Israel continues its ongoing bombings of the besieged Palestinian enclave.

  • Israel plans a ground offensive as part of the conflict.

  • The United Nations reports 1 million Gazans displaced within a week.
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Contingency plan: U.S. to move 690,000 people out of Middle East in short period of time
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Contingency plan: U.S. to move 690,000 people out of Middle East in short ...
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Fire at Iraq wedding party kills more than 100 people: A fire at a wedding party in northern Iraq killed over 100 people and injured at least 150 on Tuesday ...
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Fire at Iraq wedding party kills more than 100 people
Quick Glance: Devastating Fire at Wedding Celebration in Iraq Claims Over 100 Lives
  • Survivors mourn the numerous victims of the fire

  • Authorities initiate investigation and arrests

  • Christian minority already persecuted by the Islamic State
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In war-scarred Iraqi city, food business gives women independence A women-run catering service in the northern city of Mosul has helped single mothers achieve ... Show more   u.afp.com/iviH
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Spectacular find in Iraq: 2,700-year-old statue unearthed: A 2,700-year-old statue has been uncovered in Iraq. Her missing head appeared in the 1990s: customs ...
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Spectacular find in Iraq: 2,700-year-old statue unearthed
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Gaza Strip: The Horror of House-to-House Battles: The fight against IS in Mosul could not be the model for the deployment of Israeli ground troops in the Gaza ...
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Gaza Strip: The Horror of House-to-House Battles
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What Israel can learn from the battle for Mosul: Israel’s fight against Hamas has been compared to the war against Isis between 2015 and 2019 ...
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What Israel can learn from the battle for Mosul
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#TheWestAsiaPost | In Iraq’s largely conservative and patriarchal society, a catering business is helping single mothers achieve financial security ... Show more   wionews.com/videos
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Iraq's war-battered cities grapple with rising resistance to antibiotics: Six years after the liberation of Mosul from the Islamic State, the city battles a ...
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Iraq's war-battered cities grapple with rising resistance to antibiotics
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Escuela de Fútbol Fundación Real Betis Balompié : Real Betis Balompié opens academy in Mosul, its third sports project in Iraq 🇮🇶 The Club will bet on the future of the youth of this city ... Show more
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A sandstorm has hit the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, reducing visibility and turning its sky burnt orange. Local landmarks ... Show more
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Iraq's Mosul rises from Islamic State ashes to rebuild minarets, museum: As Mosul makes a slow revival from the remnants of war, a host of challenges remain ...
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Iraq's Mosul rises from Islamic State ashes to rebuild minarets, museum
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'How foolish it'd be to get entangled': Abducted Israeli's past accounts of Iraq: In July 2019, Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper published a report by Elizabeth ...
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'How foolish it'd be to get entangled': Abducted Israeli's past accounts ...
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"[Mosul] is the strongest city for social solidarity in the Arab World." 🇮🇶 In Iraq, a Mosul Ramadan 🌙 is special and said to have a flavour different from ... Show more   https://aje.io/omkw2a

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One fragment at a time, a French and Iraqi restoration team is trying to piece together antiquities smashed to pieces by Islamic State militants when they ... Show more
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Mosul’s St Michael’s Monastery holds mass 20 years after Iraq's invasion — in pictures https://aje.io/0ux5yq

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Gravitas: UK troops killed civilians in Mosul airstrikes | 20 years of the Iraq War
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Gravitas: UK troops killed civilians in Mosul airstrikes | 20 years of the ...
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Lost treasures and ancient ruins: Anthony Kersting’s Middle East – in pictures: The British photographer documented stunning architectural gems in Iraq – many ...
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Lost treasures and ancient ruins: Anthony Kersting’s Middle East – in ...
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A city that was once reduced to rubble is now reviving its most prized cultural treasures. I spoke to the woman behind that effort ... Show more

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In jihadi-ruined Iraqi city, restored church bells signal hope: Where brutal jihadists once ruled in Iraq, church bells rang out on Tuesday, a symbol of hope ...
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In jihadi-ruined Iraqi city, restored church bells signal hope
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One for the book-lovers 📚 - the Corn Exchange now has a book vending machine where you can exhange books you've read

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My friend Pete Reed was killed as he saved lives in Ukraine. You should know the good he did
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My friend Pete Reed was killed as he saved lives in Ukraine ...
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The Activist of Hearts: The Swiss theater maker Milo Rau, one of the most outstanding contemporary artists, is coming to Vienna with a play about war ...
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The Activist of Hearts
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A classified 'UFO' recording has been released – and it is concerning US intelligence
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A classified 'UFO' recording has been released – and it is concerning US ...
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‘Everyone has a story to tell’: Iraq five years after Islamic State: Life remains difficult for Iraqis five years after much of Islamic State was driven out ...
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‘Everyone has a story to tell’: Iraq five years after Islamic State
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To Rebuild Cities After War, Look to the Past: Post-conflict reconstruction projects should be focused on preserving heritage and restoring identity.
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To Rebuild Cities After War, Look to the Past
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#TodayInHistory | 2004: Attack on US base in Mosul, Iraq, kills at least 22

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UN: Iraqi Christians victims of Islamic State war crimes: The UN report says IS militants forcibly transferred, persecuted, enslaved, and converted Iraqi ...
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UN: Iraqi Christians victims of Islamic State war crimes
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Sunken city discovered: researchers excavate 3400-year-old ruins - "Bordering on a miracle"
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Sunken city discovered: researchers excavate 3400-year-old ruins - ...
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Church bells for Mosul: hope returns to destroyed city: Three church bells made for the reconstruction of a monastery in Mosul rang for the first time in France ...
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Church bells for Mosul: hope returns to destroyed city
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3400-year-old sunken city discovered in Iraq: 'bordering on miraculous': German and Kurdish archaeologists have excavated a sunken city on the edge of the Mosul ...
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3400-year-old sunken city discovered in Iraq: 'bordering on miraculous'
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2,700-year-old rock carvings discovered in Iraq's Mosul: Archeologists in northern Iraq last week unearthed 2,700-year-old rock carvings featuring war scenes and ...
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2,700-year-old rock carvings discovered in Iraq's Mosul
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Beautiful murals: Ancient rock carvings discovered in Mosul: During restoration work on the ancient Mashki Gate in Mosul, Iraq, which was destroyed by IS ...
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Beautiful murals: Ancient rock carvings discovered in Mosul
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3,400-year-old sunken city discovered in Iraq: 'Bordering on a miracle': German and Kurdish archaeologists have excavated a sunken city on the edge of the Mosul ...
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3,400-year-old sunken city discovered in Iraq: 'Bordering on a miracle'
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Ancient carvings dating back 2,700 years discovered as archaeologists reconstruct Mosul area previously bulldozed by ISIL fighters https://aje.io/csi7oq

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Sunken city discovered: researchers excavate 3400-year-old ruins - "Bordering on a miracle"
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Sunken city discovered: researchers excavate 3400-year-old ruins - ...
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Culture is a prerequisite for peace in the world: UAE Minister Noura Al Kaabi : The UAE Minister of Culture and Youth, Noura bint Mohammed Al Kaabi ...
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Culture is a prerequisite for peace in the world: UAE Minister Noura Al ...
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Sunken City Discovered: Researchers Unearth 3,400-Year-Old Ruins "Bordering on a Miracle"
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Sunken City Discovered: Researchers Unearth 3,400-Year-Old Ruins ...
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This Mosul-based couple uses their virtual reality expertise to document and preserve old buildings and heritage sites in VR after they were damaged or ... Show more
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Iraqi and Penn archaeologists uncover ancient carved reliefs that have survived ISIS attacks
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Iraqi and Penn archaeologists uncover ancient carved reliefs that have ...
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From Gent to Mosul and back: Iraqi films to premiere at Film Fest Gent : Seven short films produced in Mosul under a project linking Iraqi and Belgian ...
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From Gent to Mosul and back: Iraqi films to premiere at Film Fest Gent