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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Mosul's Old City Rises from Rubble in War-scarred Iraq

An Iraqi architect exits a traditional house during renovations in the Old Town of Mosul, which was reduced to rubble during fighting to expel jihadists. Zaid AL-OBEIDI AFP

Beneath what remains of the 12th-century Al-Hadba minaret, builders work on a project to revive Mosul's Old City, reduced to rubble during Iraq's battle to retake the city from jihadists.

Mosques, churches and century-old houses are being brought back to life in the northern metropolis, which the ISIS group seized as its stronghold before being pushed out in mid-2017, AFP said.

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