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.

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Historic buildings in Mosul, including churches and mosques, are being reopened following years of devastation resulting from ...

"This is a symbol of the co-existence of different religions and ethnicities," said senior conservationist Khosro Farri of Iran's Cultural Heritage ... worshippers -- two Sunni Muslims from a nearby ...

The Kurds have spent a century fighting for autonomy and confronting brutal repression by Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.

The commander of the main U.S.-backed force in Syria said Sunday the recent ouster of the Assad family from power should be ...

According to the Japan Kurdish Cultural Association, the seven people arrested were all Kurdish and those who gathered at the medical center were relatives of the victims and the perpetrators.

The British Museum should return the ancient treasures to Greece for the sake of art, not nationalism.

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