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The opening of the University of Mosul in 1967 enabled the education of many in the city and surrounding area. Mosul, 1968 Iraqi police, U.S. soldiers patrol neighborhood in Mosul, March 19, 2007. After Iraq's 1991 uprisings, Mosul was included in the northern no-fly zone imposed and patrolled by the United States and Britain between 1991 and 2003.
Governorates of Iraq map Iraq ... City or Town Governorate 1987 Census 2009 Estimate 2018 Estimate [1] 1 Baghdad: Baghdad: 3,841,268 5,521,242 6,719,477 2 Mosul: Nineveh:
Mosul District (Arabic: قضاء الموصل) is a district in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. Its administrative center is the city of Mosul. Other settlements include Al-Qayyarah, Al-Shurah, Hamam al-Alil, Al-Mahlaah, and Hamidat. The district is predominantly Sunni Arab, with minorities of Assyrians, Turkmen and Kurds located in the city of Mosul.
In 2003, Mosul's Christian population stood at around 50,000. Many of them fled after IS seized control of Mosul in 2014. Today, less than 20 Christian families remain as permanent residents in the city. Others who fled to Irbil and other surrounding areas have not returned to their homes in Mosul but commute there for church on Sundays.
Leader (Mosul) Camp: Libeccio (Nasiriyah) Dhi Qar: Camp: Liberty (Camp Hurriya) Camp Victory North (Camp Al-Tahreer) Baghdad: Part of the Victory Base Complex Camp: Lima (Baghdad) Camp: Loki: Kurdish Region: Erbil: March 2003: July 2003: Dismantled: Used by Task Force Viking: Camp: Manhattan Camp Habbaniyah: Al Anbar: Habbaniyah Air Base Camp ...
The U.N. cultural agency has discovered five bombs hidden within the walls of the historic al-Nouri Mosque in the city of Mosul in northern Iraq, a remnant of the Islamic State militant group’s ...
Mosul Dam (Arabic: سد الموصل), formerly known as Saddam Dam (سد صدام), is the largest dam in Iraq. It is located on the Tigris river in the western governorate of Nineveh , upstream of the city of Mosul .
Fathi's home is one of many that Islamic State fighters have used as battle positions as they withdraw towards the city center, taking cover among the 750,000 civilians in western Mosul.