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Five years after volunteers braved Islamic State mortars and explosives to rescue thousands of books from Mosul University’s iconic library, the institution is set to re-open in the coming months, even as it struggles to rebuild its collection. For VOA Halan Akoiy reports from Mosul with Heather Murdock in Istanbul.
As its CEO Alison Tweed prepares to speak at Sharjah Publishers' Conference, Book Aid International tops 20,000 books in the Iraq project.
City that isis gained control of last summer. they date back to the syrian empire. it is unclear how many were real or replicas of real artifacts. this video was not the only instance of isis making clear that its mission, at least in apart, is so destroy significant works of art and culture in iraq and syria. that propaganda video, paired with reports that isis had ransacked the mosul library and burned hundreds of ancient books and man scripts. this month the iraqi government announced that isis looted and bulldozed the historical soetyical capital. the twisted goal is clear, to eviscerate a...
This is a video released by isis in february. it shows supporters of isis taking hammers to ancient statues and artifacts in the city of mosul, a city isis gained control of last summer. these appear to be over 2,000 years old. they date back to the assyrian empire. it's unclear how many were reel or replicas or real artifacts, but this was not the only instance of isis making clear that its mission at least in part, is to destroy significant works of art and culture in iraq and syria. that propaganda video, paired with reports that isis had ransacked the mosul library and burned hundreds of a...
Up and send him back to the u.k., he's faced nonstop harassment. the questions shouldn't be about jihadi john. but they should be about what role have our security services played in complete lyly alienating people in this society and country and turning them away from being able to find solutions to the problems that they had. >> the identification of jihadi john comes one day after the arrests of three brooklyn men on charges of aiding isis. m and it comes as they are on full display across iraq and syria. over the past few days isis militants in northeastern syria have launched a full-on as...