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Mosul (/ ˈ m oʊ s əl, m oʊ ˈ s uː l / MOH-səl, moh-SOOL; Arabic: الموصل , romanized: al-Mawṣil, pronounced [alˈmawsˤil] ⓘ, locally [ɪlˈmoːsˤɪl]; Kurdish: مووسڵ , romanized: Mûsil; [3] [4] Turkish: Musul; Syriac: ܡܘܨܠ, romanized: Māwṣil [5]) is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate.
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.
Map of major U.S. military bases in Iraq and the number of soldiers stationed there (2007) The United States Department of Defense continues to have a large number of temporary military bases in Iraq, most a type of forward operating base (FOB).
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 .
It is located on the eastern bank of the Tigris River and was the capital and largest city of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, as well as the largest city in the world for several decades. Today, it is a common name for the half of Mosul that lies on the eastern bank of the Tigris, and the country's Nineveh Governorate takes its name from it.
It is a predominantly Christian area just outside the city of Mosul, located 335km northwest of capital Baghdad. ... Security forces gather at the site of a fatal fire in the district of Hamdaniya ...
4–10 June: Mosul taken by forces of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. [15] June: Mass executions in ISIL occupied Mosul begin. 16–19 August: Battle for Mosul Dam fought near city. 2015 - January: Mosul offensive (2015). 2016 - October: Battle of Mosul (2016–17) begins. [15] 2017 21 June: Great Mosque of al-Nuri destroyed. [16]
MOSUL (Reuters) - When Islamic State seized the five-star Ninewah Oberoi Hotel in east Mosul it replaced wealthy Iraqi patrons with another kind of elite -- foreign fighters and suicide bombers ...