Emergency stabilization work for the wooden staircases to prevent further destabilization of the minaret’s structure, Construction of a footbridge over the Hari Rud and the reconstruction of the site ...

The Al-Hadba minaret in Mosul, Iraq has been successfully reconstructed after its destruction by Islamic State forces. Unesco ...

his successor added additional stories to the structure. A fifth and final story was added in the 14th century. Constructed out of red sandstone, quartzite, and marble, each of the minaret's ...

The minaret and mosque are the latest landmarks in Mosul to be restored with the help of UNESCO — Zaid AL-OBEIDI The leaning minaret of Mosul in northern Iraq has been restored using its original ...

MOSUL, Iraq - The al-Hadba minaret in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul was destroyed by the Islamic State (ISIS) in 2017. UNESCO has been restoring the minaret for years. It was reopened in a ...

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.