The Umayyad Mosque is also distinguished by being the first mosque in which the mihrab and the apse appeared as a result of ...

New York, SANA-Qatar welcomed the positive steps taken by the new Syrian administration, especially preserving the safety of ...

Nuri Mosque, known for its eight-century-old leaning minaret destroyed by Islamic State militants in 2017, has been renovated in a boost for Iraq's second city as it rebuilds after long years of war.

Historic buildings in Mosul, including churches and mosques, are being reopened following years of devastation resulting from the Iraqi city's takeover by the extremist Islamic State (IS) group. The ...

The al-Hadba minaret in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul was destroyed by the Islamic State (ISIS) in 2017. UNESCO has been restoring the minaret for years. It was reopened in a ceremony on Wednesday.

Mosul – The leaning minaret of Mosul in northern Iraq has been restored using its original brickwork, years after it was reduced to rubble under Islamic State group rule. The Al-Hadba or ...

“I am very happy to stand before you and before the minaret over 850 years old… and the fact to have it here behind me in front of you is like history coming back… is like the identity of ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Syrian fighters watch Russian armoured vehicles driving past near the Hmeimim Air Base, a Syrian airbase ...

Ukrainian and Russian forces have reported fierce fighting across the front lines in eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian military said on Tuesday that its forces were repelling Russian attacks in the ...

A drone strike on an assault Lada. As reserves of armored vehicles run out amid catastrophic losses in Ukraine and western Russia, the Russian military is normalizing assaults in civilian cars.

Jon Jackson is a News Editor at Newsweek based in New York. His focus is on reporting on the Ukraine and Russia war. Jon previously worked at The Week, the River Journal, Den of Geek and Maxim.