Mosul

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Mosul ( , , ) is a city in the north of Iraq. Under the Ottoman Empire, it was the capital of northern Iraq and is now capital of the Nineveh Governorate. More than a million people lived there when the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant captured it in early June 2014. In July 2017, the Iraqi Army with help from Kurdish Peshmerga troops and other militias took the city back.

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Other websites

 ninava-explorer 
Iraq Image – Mosul Satellite Observation 
Detailed map of Mosul by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, from lib.utexas.edu


Category:Cities in Iraq
Category:Nineveh Governorate