Mosques had minarets which are thin towers with balconies. Doors and windows were often designed as arches. The River Tigris in Baghdad was used for trade, travel and irrigation (watering crops).

The war left nearly 80% of Mosul in ruins, severing people's connection to their heritage. "Cultural landmarks that once ...

Scientists have discovered an ancient settlement with hundreds of artefacts in Iraq, believed to be more than 4,000 years old ...

AMMAN - In the heart of Mosul, a city scarred by war, a remarkable initiative is working to reclaim the heritage and cultural ...

Baghdad, after a Quran was burnt during a protest in Sweden. Salwan Momika, said to be an Iraqi living in Sweden, set fire to a copy of Islam's holy book outside Stockholm's central mosque on ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Israel battled Hizbollah in south Lebanon as the air force expanded its bombardment of the country, with ...

An English teacher in Virginia who forced her students to complete assignments laced with anti-Israel rhetoric is the daughter of an imam who worked at a mosque that was attended by al-Qaeda ...

Khamenei, 85, said in a 40-minute speech to thousands of people at the Mosalla mosque, the main prayer ... killed in 2020 in a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad. A ceremony commemorating the death ...

Mosques were once a rare sight in Japan, but no longer. The latest, Masjid Istiqlal Osaka, opened in Osaka’s Nishinari Ward last year. It is housed in a former factory building.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stands with a rifle as he leads Friday prayer at the Imam Khomeini Musalla Mosque on October ... U.S. drone strike in Baghdad. Israel is also believed ...

MARLBORO - Over 200 residents came out Tuesday night to hear a pitch to build a 13,447-square-foot mosque proposed for a residential neighborhood of single-family homes. According to a letter ...