Great Mosque of al-Nuri
Virtual reality revives Iraq’s war-ravaged heritage
An Iraqi museum is using computer technology and virtual reality headsets to turn back time, so visitors can explore heritage sites destroyed by jihadists and in battles to defeat them.
The ISIL captured a third of Iraq in a lightning offensive in 2014, seizing the northern city of Mosul as their stronghold and vandalizing or destroying a swathe of cultural sites across the country.
12th century prayer room found under mosque in Iraq’s Mosul
The foundations of a prayer hall from the 12th century have been discovered under the Al-Nuri mosque, where the Islamic State group once proclaimed their "caliphate," in Iraq's Mosul, site managers said on Jan. 18.
Iraq Military Says it Has Retaken Iconic Mosul Mosque
The Iraqi military announced on Thursday that special forces had recaptured the iconic Mosul mosque where jihadist chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi made his only known public appearance, AFP reported.
A top special forces commander told AFP that while the Nuri mosque - which was blown up by the Islamic State group last week -- was close to being recaptured, it had not been retaken yet.