The IS fighters were not deterred by UNESCO World Heritage status and destroyed ancient cities such as Hatra and Nineveh. They began destroying monuments, churches, and mosques in conquered areas of ...

bulldozing of large sections of the 3000-year-old Nineveh Wall by private contractors, as part of a road expansion project by the Mosul municipality. Built during the reign of King Sennacherib ...

Just as they devastated the ancient cities of Hatra and Nineveh, they attacked the northern Iraqi metropolis of Mosul, destroying ... to the Dominicans who ran the monastery.

An EWTN News Special” delves into the roots of Christianity in Iraq and its history dating back nearly 2,000 years.

RELATED: Iraq’s Decline into Chaos Traces Back to 2011, not 2003 Telskuf, a city in Nineveh, lies 30 kilometers north of Mosul, south of Dohuk. Until last summer, Telskuf was inhabited by 12,000 ...

(705-681 BCE) and which stretches 12km along the city of Nineveh (Mosul, Iraq), is being partially bulldozed by private contractors. Activists and locals say they fear the remains will be used as ...

After just 11 months, the monastery was restored. And there are three new bells too — again from France, made in a foundry in Normandy. Hardly a stone left unturned: Mosul was devastated ...