Mosul

Economically boosting the KRG with resumed oil exports will benefit region - analysis

Oil is flowing again from Iraq’s Kurdistan Region to Turkey, a move hailed as “historic” and expected to boost Iraq’s federal budget by up to $500 million monthly.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani (R) and KRG Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (L) in Baghdad, 2023; illustrative.
ISIS training center in Christian church, Iraq.

Mosul's historic churches rise again after IS destruction

"It's as if history is back, as if the identity of the city is back," UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A general view of the Grand Al-Nuri Mosque after it was evacuated due to the discovery of explosive devices inside it dating back to the time of the Islamic State in Mosul, Iraq, June 29, 2024.

Destroyed by ISIS, a historic minaret in Mosul rises again - analysis

The repairs to this site which is in the old city of Mosul on the western bank of the Tigris river that runs through the city, is an important accomplishment.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A drone view shows the Al-Tahira Church as rebuilding work continues in Mosul, Iraq June 5, 2024, 10 years after ISIS seized control of the city and ruled for three years before being ousted by Iraqi forces and their allies.

Lessons, 10 years after ISIS took over Mosul - analysis

The defeat of ISIS took years. However, Iraq was able to mobilize against the extremists.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

Who is targeting U.S. forces and foreign oil companies in Iraq?

Iran has said that it could cut off oil exports that go through the Straits of Hormuz amid US sanctions. The US has sought to bring Iranian oil exports to zero.

JUNE 19, 2019BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
An oil tanker is seen after it was attacked at the Gulf of Oman

Iraqis remember ISIS massacres five years later

The shocking takeover of a large part of central and western Iraq by Islamic State in 2014 haunts people today across the country.

JUNE 12, 2019BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A member of Iraqi Federal Police waves an Iraqi flag as they celebrate victory of military operations against the Islamic State militants in West Mosul, Iraq July 2, 2017

Ferry tragedy and corruption in Mosul affect all Iraq

Accusations that militias profited off island where ferry sank, calls for governor to resign and anger sweep important northern Iraq city two years after liberation from ISIS

MARCH 25, 2019BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Members of the Iraqi Civil Defence rescue team lift a ferry which sank in the Tigris River with a crane in Mosul, Iraq March, 23, 2019

Ferry capsize kills nearly 80 in Iraq's Mosul - medics

At least 79 people died when an overloaded ferry carrying families on an outing sank in the Tigris river in Mosul in northern Iraq.

MARCH 22, 2019ByREUTERS
Iraqi rescuers search for survivors over the site where an overloaded ferry sank in the Tigris river

After ISIS, Mosul finally values its Jewish heritage

Since ISIS attacked the diversity of the Iraqi community, diversity is now valued far more consciously, and this trend’s most surprising consequence is related to the Iraqi Jews.

MARCH 1, 2019ByJUDIT NEURINK
AWARD-WINNING photographer Eddy van Wessel captured Mosul’s Jewish quarter: Hebrew inscriptions on the wall, near the Great Mosque of al-Nuri. (Eddy van Wessel)

Car bomb targets Mosul in Iraq

Restaurants have been targeted in the past.

NOVEMBER 8, 2018BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A street near Mosul’s Al-Jadeeda neighborhood last year during the liberation of the city from ISIS control.

Car bombing south of Mosul breaks post-ISIS calm

Mosul was liberated from Islamic State in July 2017 and has been free from major terrorist attacks in the last year.

OCTOBER 23, 2018BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Smoke rises after an U.S. airstrike, while the Iraqi army pushes into Topzawa village during the operation against Islamic State militants near Bashiqa, near Mosul, Iraq October 24, 2016.

In Mosul, young volunteers help bring city back to life

After living under ISIS's strict rule and then the war to retake the city, young women feel as though they have been liberated.

MAY 27, 2018ByREUTERS
Raghad Hammoudi, who is a member of a group of students campaigning to help rebuild the Central Library of Mosul University, is seen in Mosul, Iraq May 14, 2018

Sex scandals, boycotts and ISIS threats: Iraq prepares for elections

Almost 7,000 register to run in elections, one quarter of the candidates are women.

APRIL 23, 2018BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Vehicles drive under campaign posters ahead of the parliamentary election, in Erbil, Iraq

Iraq to rebuild ancient mosque with help from United Arab Emirates

ISIS systematically destroyed cultural heritage in the city of Mosul, Iraq.

MARCH 13, 2018BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Members of the Emergency Response Division celebrate in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq July 8, 2017.