Mosul’s Grand al-Nuri Mosque, known for its eight-century-old leaning minaret, destroyed by Islamic State militants in 2017, ...

Over time, while other monuments inside the site underwent reconstruction, the minaret remained untouched. For this reason, the original parts of the medieval complex — a point of historical ...

It can accommodate a staggering 120,000 people inside and its minaret is nearly twice the height of the Pyramid of Giza. The mega-project also has a library, a university, and a training centre.

The leaning minaret of Mosul in northern Iraq has been restored using its original brickwork, years after it was reduced to ...

MOSUL, Iraq — For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul until it was destroyed by the Islamic State group in 2017.

"The minaret's body from the inside needed 96,000 new bricks," Mahmoud said. "But for the exterior we used 26,000 old bricks" to preserve its historical legacy. - 'Massive change' - Days before work ...

Mosul’s Grand al-Nuri Mosque, known for its eight-century-old leaning minaret, destroyed by ISIS militants in 2017, has been ...