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News Iraq » Nineveh » Culture: Iraq wedding hall fire leaves almost 100 dead and dozens injured in Nineveh province

News channel or source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iraq-wedding-fire-nineveh-christian-town-hamdaniya-deaths/
Published on: Tuesday 26 September 2023

A fire tore through a wedding venue in northern Iraq on Wednesday, killing at least 93 people and leaving 100 more injured, according to Interior Ministry spokesman Saad Maan. The fire struck a ...

News Iraq » Nineveh » Culture: Renewed Calls to Divide Nineveh Province Spark Political Debate in Iraq

News channel or source: http://aina.org/news/20251031123432.htm
Published on: Friday 31 October 2025

The Nineveh Plain Region, marked in red, covers around 8,000 square kilometers in northern Iraq and forms part of historical Assyria. The future of Iraq's Nineveh province has been a subject of debate ...

News Iraq » Nineveh » Culture: Spectacular find: Monumental images of gods discovered at Nineveh in Iraq

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/spectacular-monumental-images-gods-discovered-191957216.html
Published on: Sunday 18 May 2025

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spectacular find: Monumental images of gods discovered at Nineveh in Iraq German archaeologists have made a spectacular discovery ...

News Iraq » Nineveh » Culture: ‘Returning to Babylon’ Review: Discovery Amid Destruction

News channel or source: https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/television/returning-to-babylon-review-secrets-of-the-dead-mosul-iraq-pbs-59a5c4df
Published on: Tuesday 01 October 2024

It is precisely because the Mosul Museum director Zaid Ghazi Saadallah seems so composed during “Returning to Babylon” that his pain seems all the more acute, his anger just barely repressed.

News Iraq » Nineveh » Culture: Director-General of UNESCO condemns new destructions in the ancient city of Nineveh, Iraq (Mosul)

News channel or source: https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/1483
Published on: Sunday 17 April 2016

The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, condemns the destruction of the two historic gates of Mesqa and Adad, and parts of the old ramparts of the archaeological site of Nineveh (Mosul). "I ...

News Iraq » Nineveh » Culture: A fire at a wedding hall in northern Iraq kills at least 100 people and injures 150, authorities say

News channel or source: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/a-fire-at-a-wedding-hall-in-northern-iraq-kills-at-least-100-people-and-injures-150-more/4714984/
Published on: Monday 25 September 2023

A raging fire seemingly caused by fireworks set off to celebrate a Christian wedding consumed a hall packed with guests in northern Iraq, killing around 100 people and injuring 150 others as ...

News Iraq » Nineveh » Culture: Spectacular find: Monumental images of gods discovered in Nineveh

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-in/society-culture-and-history/history/spectacular-find-monumental-images-of-gods-discovered-in-nineveh/ar-AA1EZxPr
Published on: Saturday 17 May 2025

German archaeologists have made a spectacular discovery in Iraq. During excavations in the ancient metropolis of Nineveh, a team from Heidelberg University came across large parts of a monumental ...