| 单词 | Nineveh |
| 例句 | Then Belet had taken me straight to a discreet boutique hotel called Nineveh, whose manager had been great friends with Ishtar. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The Sunni Islamist group still controls the remains of the ancient city of Nineveh, in central Mosul. Drones fly over ancient Nimrud to help secure Assyrian ruins 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z But the site, in the Nineveh section of Mosul, sat on a high mound that includes the remains of a Christian church and, beneath that, an Assyrian temple and palace. In Syria and Iraq, Trying to Protect a Heritage at Risk 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z The museum and cultural administrator spent a year and a half there, scrupulously overseeing the display of antiquities from the nearby archaeological sites of Hatra, Nimrud and Nineveh. Painting the Arab World, From Afar 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z It is a choral lament for the fall of Nineveh, the ancient Assyrian capital — or as close as Mr. Cuoghi could come to what might have been performed in Assyria around 612 B.C. Aural Installations Take Over New Museum 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z The Vatican said all the money would go to projects to help Christians return to rebuild their homes in Iraq’s Nineveh Plains that were destroyed by Islamic State militants. Pope gets white-and-yellow Lamborghini to auction for charity 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z As grass greened the plains of Nineveh and the weather warmed, we patrolled the low-slung hills beyond the cities and towns. The Guardian first book award: the shortlisted authors introduce their work 2012-11-09T22:50:02Z Photograph: Richard Davenport In the Bible, the city of Nineveh is a godless place: its people do not know the difference between right and wrong. Nineveh – review 2013-05-01T13:01:12Z There was no one in Mosul to run any of the departments in the Nineveh governorate because all of the bureaucrats had been in the Baath party. 59 Tomahawks and 5,900 years of slaughter: A brief history of Syria 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Kipling warned “lest we forget,” and imagined the day when “all our pomp of yesterday / Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!” A History of the British Empire at Its Peak 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z The narrative gallops on to Mesopotamia, Nineveh, clay tablets, cuneiform and Gilgamesh. We Are What We Read 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z From war to whale … Nineveh at Riverside Studios, London. Nineveh – review 2013-05-01T13:01:12Z They were in Nineveh, the program suggests, and were the work of a king named Sennacherib. Television Review: ‘Secrets of the Dead’ Seeks Ancient Gardens 2014-05-05T21:45:41Z “Nope” starts with a cautionary text, drawn from the Old Testament Book of Nahum, which describes God’s threatened punishment on the wicked city of Nineveh: “I will make a spectacle of you.” ‘Nope’ Review: Hell Yes 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z At first there was little concern that Nineveh would yield salable artifacts. Did ISIS inadvertently uncover the secret to the “lost” Hanging Gardens of Babylon? 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z Mohammed Shia al-Sudani arrived in Nineveh province early Thursday with a delegation of ministers and security officials, state television reported. Iraq’s prime minister visits wedding fire victims as 2 more people die from their injuries 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Security forces have so far arrested nine workers at the hall as part of their investigation, according to the Nineveh Operations Command. Iraq wedding fire: What we know about Qaraqosh blaze 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z The fire broke out during a wedding in the district of Hamdaniya, southeast of the city of Mosul in the Nineveh Plain, a part of Iraq where Christians have lived for many centuries. Fire at Wedding Hall in Iraq Kills More Than 100 People 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z The fire happened in Iraq’s Nineveh province in its Hamdaniya area, authorities said. A fire at a wedding hall in northern Iraq kills at least 100 people and injures 150 more 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z The fire happened in Iraq’s Nineveh province, authorities said. Fire at wedding hall in northern Iraq kills at least 100 people, injures 150 more 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z The fire happened in the Hamdaniya area of Nineveh Province, the authorities said. At Least 100 Are Killed in Fire at Wedding Hall in Iraq 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Sako blames a campaign against him by Rayan al-Kildani, a fellow Chaldean Christian who formed a militia called the Babylon Brigades that fought against IS and still patrols much of the Nineveh plains. A feud between a patriarch and a militia leader adds to the woes of Iraqi Christians 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Shortly thereafter, a Babylonian king, Nabopolassar, led a rebellion that finally succeeded in sacking Nineveh, the Assyrian capital. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z As for the destruction of cultural and religious sites by Islamic State fighters, the team said it expanded its investigations into different Iraqi communities and focused on several areas in Nineveh and Mosul. UN: Iraq Christians were victims of Islamic State war crimes 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Mashki Gate was one of the largest gates of Nineveh, an ancient Assyrian city of this part of the historic region of Mesopotamia. 2,700 year-old rock carvings discovered in Iraq’s Mosul 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z They date back to the Assyrian King Sennacherib, who ruled the ancient city of Nineveh from 705 to 681 BC, the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage said, in a statement seen by AFP. Mashki Gate: Stunning ancient rock carvings found in Iraq 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z Back in the Nineveh plains, in the town of Batnaya, patrolled by members of Kildani’s militia, Lawrence Sabah owns a small factory where he makes mop handles out of wood imported from Russia. A feud between a patriarch and a militia leader adds to the woes of Iraqi Christians 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z "We want to remind the coming generations that this is the history of Nineveh," he said, referring to the ancient Assyrian city located close to modern Mosul. Mosul sculptor 'recreates what was demolished' on murals depicting Iraq history 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z The missiles were launched from Nineveh province and fell near the KAR refinery, the authorities said without reporting any casualties or damage. Six missiles land near oil refinery in Iraq's Erbil - statement 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z Corona spy-satellite program to map the canal system surrounding Nineveh, the heart of the Assyrian empire. Building the First Long-Distance Hiking Trail in Kurdistan 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z The powerful king was known for his military campaigns, including against Babylon, and his vast expansion of Nineveh. Mashki Gate: Stunning ancient rock carvings found in Iraq 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z Iraq's state news agency cited the statement as saying "initial information show the missiles were launched from Nineveh" province in Iraq. Three missiles fall near refinery in Iraq's Erbil -Iraq state news agency citing Kurdistan authorities 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Mosul incorporates Nineveh, the ancient city that was first settled in 6000 B.C. and was the center of the Assyrian Empire around 2000 B.C. — yes, the same Assyrian Empire that included Aleppo. Ukraine and the dark lessons of war: What does it mean to “take” a country or a city? 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z In the ruins of Nineveh and other Assyrian cities, archaeologists found finely carved sculptures. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Mohammad is a founding partner in a project to build a 150-mile-long hiking trail through the autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq, or K.R.I., from the Nineveh Plains to the snow-covered mountains that border Iran. Building the First Long-Distance Hiking Trail in Kurdistan 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z The Mashki Gate was one of the largest in Nineveh, and was an icon of the city's size and power. Mashki Gate: Stunning ancient rock carvings found in Iraq 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z In the biblical story of Jonah, when the prophet warns Nineveh of impending destruction because of its wickedness, the city turned to fasting and prayer, and God decided not to destroy the city. Christians around the globe take up fasting for Ukraine on Ash Wednesday 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Mosul, which succeeded Nineveh, was conquered by Alexander the Great in 332 B.C. and was conquered by other armies along the way. Ukraine and the dark lessons of war: What does it mean to “take” a country or a city? 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z Nineveh also held one of the ancient world’s largest libraries. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The traditionally Christian towns dotting the Nineveh Plains of the north emptied out in 2014 as Christians — as well as many Muslims — fled the Islamic State group’s onslaught. France’s Macron visits Iraq’s Mosul destroyed by IS war 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z Local campaigners say this is due to insufficient public funding allocated to reconstruction in Iraq’s northern Nineveh province. Eid prayers return to Mosul mosque ruined in Islamic State war 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z Many have not returned to the communities they fled, in the country’s north amid the flat farmlands of the Nineveh Plans east of Mosul. Francis Begins Visit to Iraq, in ‘Duty to a Land Martyred’ 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z Christians in the Nineveh plains fled the IS onslaught and many of those who returned dream of resettling abroad. A timeline of disaster and displacement for Iraqi Christians 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z However, because the clay writing tablets in Nineveh’s library had been baked in a pottery oven, many survived the fire. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It is in Baghdad’s Nineveh province, but controlled by Kurdish forces who helped drive Islamic State away. An ancient monastery in Iraq is a symbol of Christian survival 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z Most live in Baghdad, the northern Nineveh Plains province and Iraq’s self-run Kurdistan region. Factbox: Iraq's Christian denominations 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z Before Islamic State group fighters swept through the Nineveh Plains in northern Iraq. Iraq’s struggling Christians hope for boost from pope visit 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z On Monday, authorities began gradually vacating the Jeddah 5 displacement camp in Nineveh province. Iraq’s closure of remaining displacement camps sparks fear, confusion 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z Most people in the region rejoiced at Nineveh’s destruction. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Delays have been caused by lack of coherent governance at the provincial level; the governor of Nineveh province, which includes Mosul, has been replaced three times since liberation. Iraqis slowly rebuild Mosul, with little aid from government 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z Kurdish security sources said the rockets were launched from the northern Iraqi province of Nineveh. Rockets land near Erbil airport, Iraqi Kurdish security sources say 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Mr. al-Kadhimi next ventured into the Nineveh Plains, the great flat farming lands that spread north and east of Mosul. In Iraq, a New Prime Minister Takes Stock of His Bloodied Land 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z At stake: political control of Nineveh province, of which Mosul is capital – a region rich in natural resources and a link in a supply route from Tehran to the Mediterranean. Special Report: Inside the proxy battle that keeps an Iraqi city on its knees 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The uptick also coincides with a pullout of U.S.-led coalition forces from bases in western Iraq, Nineveh and Kirkuk provinces in line with a drawdown conceived in December. IS extremists step up as Iraq, Syria, grapple with virus 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z “Four of my sisters were sold in Syria, and me and my younger sister were sold in Nineveh Province in Iraq,” she said. She Faced Her ISIS Rapist in Court, Then Watched Him Sentenced to Death 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z Iraqi security sources said that U.S. forces in Iraq’s northerly Nineveh province were ramping up security overnight, with U.S.-led coalition jets circling the perimeter of its military bases in Mosul and Qayarah. After air strikes, U.S. officials concerned about retaliation and Iran tensions 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z The pro-Western camp replaced the Nineveh governor with a longtime U.S. ally. Special Report: Inside the proxy battle that keeps an Iraqi city on its knees 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z The Medes marched to Nineveh from their homeland in the area of present-day northern Iran. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But shortly after the death of the king Ashurbanipal around 630BC, the empire began to crumble, with the grand city of Nineveh sacked in 612BC. Climate change may be behind fall of ancient empire, say researchers 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Its territory spread east into the plains of Nineveh, the biblical city where the extremists turned centuries-old churches into bomb factories. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ISIS Leader Known for His Brutality, Is Dead at 48 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z Through the actions of time, wind, and, above all, war—Nineveh, with Ashurbanipal’s library, was attacked and destroyed by neighboring forces in 612 B.C.—a great deal of the text was lost. How to Read “Gilgamesh” 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z A majority of Nineveh’s 39 councilors, tasked with electing the new governor, initially favoured a candidate critical of Iran, these sources said. Special Report: Inside the proxy battle that keeps an Iraqi city on its knees 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Built on a hillside overlooking the Nineveh plains, Alqosh was only a few miles from the front lines in the long struggle to repel Islamic State forces from 2014 to 2016. ‘Chance to thrive’: Iraqi Christians return after decades of hardship 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z It was conducting an operation Saturday in Nineveh Province. Military probing whether Marine was killed by friendly fire in Iraq 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z In a single generation, it’s been said, they are one with Nineveh and Tyre. Review: The documentary 'Mike Wallace Is Here' is as tough minded as the man himself 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z Human Rights Watch cites extreme overcrowding in three pretrial detention facilities in northern Iraq’s Nineveh province where prisoners are held mostly on terrorism charges. Report: Iraq gov’t detains thousands in degrading conditions 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z Another Nineveh councilor recounted that he and a colleague were invited to a hotel in Baghdad shortly after the vote to meet a senior Iranian diplomat and an Iraqi militia leader loyal to Iran. Special Report: Inside the proxy battle that keeps an Iraqi city on its knees 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z In Nineveh, which accounts for almost half Iraq’s cultivated land with 6 million donums devoted to grain, officials recorded 180 fires between May 18 and June 11. After years of war and drought, Iraq's bumper crop is burning 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z A military statement said the car was parked near a market in the village of Oweinat in Nineveh province. Car bomb in northwestern Iraq kills 5, wounds 8 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z Objections from humanitarian groups have already scuttled a proposal to set up a new camp near Tal Afar in the northern province of Nineveh. Iraq is pushing to build an isolation camp for 30,000 Iraqis who lived under ISIS in Syria 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Islamic State militants displaced some 60,000 adherents of this ancient Christian offshoot from their historic homeland in the Nineveh Plains when they surged to power in Iraq and Syria in 2014. Trump to help Iraq Christians punish Islamic State 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z That is especially true in Nineveh province, where Islamic State militants remain active despite the federal government’s declaration of victory in Baghdad more than a year ago. ISIS still threat to former Iraq refugees 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, Nineveh is still expected to produce 1.3 million tonnes of grain this year, which would help it regain its status as the country’s breadbasket. After years of war and drought, Iraq's bumper crop is burning 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Its dominion extended east into the plains of Nineveh in Iraq, an area mentioned in the Bible, where the extremist fighters used the walls of ancient churches for target practice. ISIS Caliphate Crumbles as Last Village in Syria Falls 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z In the biblical book of Jonah, God wants to destroy the city of Nineveh because of its wickedness, but Jonah begs him to have mercy, and he relents. The people of Mosul, Iraq, find there’s life after Islamic State, but it isn’t easy 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z God asked Jonah to prophesy the destruction of Nineveh, but Jonah reasoned that, if the people of Nineveh heard his warning and repented, God would forgive them, and his prophesy would be false. The Psychiatrist Who Believed People Could Tell the Future 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z And Isis is believed to have raised its flag – albeit briefly – in parts of Mosul and the nearby Nineveh plains. Isis leader believed to have fled coup attempt by his own fighters 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z In Nineveh, agriculture chief Hekmat said grain silos were now his biggest concern, a worry shared by security experts. After years of war and drought, Iraq's bumper crop is burning 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Rakowitz’s extremely popular life-size replica of one of the gigantic monumental winged bulls that once guarded the gates of Nineveh in Iraq currently stands on Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth. Masters and machines: the best art and architecture of 2019 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Today, what was once Nineveh is the eastern half of the Iraqi city of Mosul, where a version of the biblical story has played out again. The people of Mosul, Iraq, find there’s life after Islamic State, but it isn’t easy 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z He is scheduled in the coming days to travel to northern Iraq to meet with Kurdish leaders in Irbil and to celebrate Mass in Qaraqosh in the Nineveh plains, near Mosul, according to the Vatican. Pope: Forgo greed and gluttony of Christmas for simple love 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z Chesterton once called the “five deaths of the faith,” the moments across two thousand years when every human probability pointed to the church of Rome passing into history, becoming one with Nineveh and Tyre. Opinion | Staying Catholic at Christmas 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z The next day, in Iraq’s northern Nineveh province, a roadside bomb killed four children as they traveled to their village school by truck. Islamic State still deadly in Iraq and Syria, despite what Trump says 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z The war against the Islamic State displaced a million people in Nineveh Province. Iraq’s Post-ISIS Campaign of Revenge 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Nearly half of the mass graves in Iraq are in the northern Nineveh governorate—most of them around Mosul, the largest city under Islamic State control until 2017. Syria Unearths ISIS Mass Graves Near Iraqi Border 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z The flash floods hit Salahuddin and Nineveh provinces, also causing bridges to collapse. Flash floods kill 4, displace thousands in Iraqi village 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z Nearly half of the mass graves are in Nineveh governorate—where Islamic State is still active—most of them around Mosul, the largest city under Islamic State control until 2017. Islamic State Left 200 Mass Graves in Iraq, U.N. Says 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Violence is on the upswing in Nineveh province, in the Mosul region, and around Kirkuk, according to an analysis by the Washington Institute’s Knights that was published this week in the journal CTC Sentinel. Islamic State still deadly in Iraq and Syria, despite what Trump says 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Throughout Nineveh Province, camp administrators and workers routinely deprive ISIS-linked families of food, clean water, and medical services. Iraq’s Post-ISIS Campaign of Revenge 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z The official said that the bombing occurred in the market of Qarraya, a town in northern Nineveh province, and that at least 40 people were wounded. World Digest: Oct. 23, 2018 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Other critics say inefficiency and corruption are starving Nineveh of funds. Special Report: How Iraq's agricultural heartland is dying of thirst 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z Archaeologists have recently considered that the elaborate terraced gardens of the Assyrian kings may not have been in Babylon at all, but at Nineveh. Lost, stolen, blown up and fed to pigs: the greatest missing masterpieces 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Nineveh holds 31 seats in Iraq’s upcoming 329-member parliament, second only to Baghdad’s 69. Iraq’s prime minister is making electoral history in the former jewel of the Islamic State 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z The London-based rights group said Tuesday its report is based on 92 interviews with women in eight camps for displaced Iraqis in the provinces of Nineveh and Salaheddin, north of Baghdad. Amnesty: Women, children linked to IS suffer abuses in Iraq 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z Qusey Assaf, the Nineveh governor’s assistant for reconstruction affairs, says Mosul lacks equipment and the money needed to pay salaries to teams of workers. IS bodies still litter Mosul’s Old City months after battle 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z The ministry said the security situation across Iraq, where Islamic State still poses a threat, and a lack of funds were complicating its efforts, but it continued to work in Nineveh. Special Report: How Iraq's agricultural heartland is dying of thirst 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z It never approached the grandeur of an Assyrian capital such as Nineveh, but it was part of the Assyrian network of imperial control which imposed the “Yoke of Assur” over conquered regions. How archaeologists discovered an ancient Assyrian city – and lost it again 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z The federal police, Sunni tribal paramilitary fighters, local policemen and the Iraqi army all control different sections of Mosul and the surrounding Nineveh countryside. Thousands remain missing after Iraq’s victories against IS 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z Faced with a choice to convert, pay a tax or die, Daoud, like many other Christians in the Nineveh Plains, chose to flee. For Iraq's Christians, a bittersweet first Christmas home after Isis takeover 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z Its reign has left deep scars behind, particularly in Mosul and the surrounding Nineveh plains, once among the most religious and ethnically diverse parts of Iraq. Snapshots of 2017: the pain, the joy, and the Donald 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z Fighters looted cables from the station, and most of North Al-Jazeera’s smaller subsidiary pumps, bridges and canals were wrecked in the battle for Nineveh that started in 2016. Special Report: How Iraq's agricultural heartland is dying of thirst 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z Nineveh is one of Iraq’s most ethnically complex provinces, where Iraqi Sunni, Shias, Kurds, Turkmen, Assyrians and Christians call home. Iraqi vice president warns of growing power of Iran-backed militias 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z Rudyard Kipling saw only pessimism: “Lo, all our pomp of yesterday is one with Nineveh and Tyre!” Why pessimism is key to understanding the Victorians 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z The Assyrian city of Nineveh, which dates to the 7th Century BC and once hosted palaces, temples and mansions, is on the outskirts of modern Mosul. The archaeological treasures IS failed to destroy 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z In the Nineveh Plains, where an earthen wall splits the Arab- and Kurdish-ruled areas, other minorities view the referendum as an impossible loyalty test. Western officials are trying to avert the next war in Iraq 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Today it is deserted, damaged by air strikes during the battle for Nineveh. Special Report: How Iraq's agricultural heartland is dying of thirst 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z In meetings with senior State Department and administration officials earlier this week, Mr. al-Nujaifi said he suggested continued American military support for local and tribal groups in the embattled Nineveh province of northern Iraq. Iraqi vice president warns of growing power of Iran-backed militias 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z Most are Shia, but some Sunni Shabak remained when IS took over their lands around Mosul and on the Nineveh plain. Iraq's minorities fear for their future 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z That is also proof that we cut off the enemy’s head in Nineveh when we liberated it. Transcript of AP interview with Iraqi PM 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z The absence of a discernible reconstruction plan in turn fuels perceptions among Sunnis that the Shiite-led government is neglecting them, said Hassan Alaf, the deputy governor of Nineveh, the province in which Mosul lies. ISIS is near defeat in Iraq. Now comes the hard part. 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z With that, Mr. Abadi said, the whole of Nineveh Province, which includes the city of Mosul as well as Tal Afar, was now free of the Islamic State. Iraq Declares Victory Over ISIS in Tal Afar 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Coalition commanders anticipate requiring 25,000 Iraqi police, in addition to military and counterterrorism forces, to secure Mosul and the surrounding Nineveh province in the country’s north, he told reporters at the Pentagon. Iraq battles ISIS, looks to political stability 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z The ancient Nineveh plains, where Qaraqosh is located, once were home to one of the oldest Christian communities in the world, the Assyrians, who date their heritage back hundreds of years before Christianity. In one Iraqi town, a visit to the first bar to reopen after Islamic State rule 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z We are telling them “Ok, now that in Nineveh Daesh is defeated you met your requirement and you met our requirements.” Transcript of AP interview with Iraqi PM 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z Lawmaker Intisar al-Jabouri from Nineveh province, where Mosul is the capital, said uprooting IS' "extremism ideology" was the key to peace in Mosul, which reeled under the group's harsh rule for three years. Clashes Shake Mosul a Day After Victory Over ISIS Declared 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z Of those still displaced, the vast majority are from Nineveh province, where Mosul is located. By the numbers: The fight against Islamic State in Iraq 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z Iraqi and coalition commanders are already setting their sights beyond Tal Afar into the larger northern Nineveh province. Iraq battles ISIS, looks to political stability 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z IS heavily vandalized Christian churches across Nineveh province, where Mosul is located, tearing down crosses and other symbols, despite rules for the protection of Christians and churches in Islamic Shariah law. A Mosul mosque in rubble, victim of militants’ destruction 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z After the Islamic State took Mosul in June 2014, it began a campaign of destroying the ancient legacy of the city and its surroundings, including Nineveh, Nimrud, and the tomb of the prophet Jonah. Exclusive: Satellite Images Reveal Mosul's Cultural Destruction 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z Nabeel Nouriddin, a historian and archaeologist specialising in Mosul and its Nineveh region, said the minaret had not been renovated since 1970, making it particularly vulnerable to blasts even if it was not directly hit. Islamic State blows up historic Mosul mosque where it declared 'caliphate' 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z Among the areas where they seized control is the city of Kirkuk, as well as towns and villages across Nineveh province. By the numbers: The fight against Islamic State in Iraq 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z Gen. Najim al-Jabouri, the head of Nineveh Operations Command, said the Islamic State fighters in the city include about 300 to 400 foreigners and about the same number of locals. Mosul’s Old City waits for salvation amid ‘death, death, death’ 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Both areas are in Nineveh, the province of which Mosul is the capital, and lie between territory under Isis control in Iraq and Syria. Iraqi forces retake key town of Baaj from Isis 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z Rebuilding Mosul will cost between $50 billion and $100 billion, according to initial estimates from the Nineveh governor’s office and the provincial council. After liberation from IS, Fallujah struggles to rebuild 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z Popular Mobilisation is taking part in the U.S-backed Iraqi campaign to defeat Islamic State in Mosul and the surrounding province of Nineveh. Iraq's Iran-backed paramilitary advances toward Syria border 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z Others, including most of the governorate of Nineveh, technically belong to Iraq. Boundary between Iraq, Kurdish territory divides communities 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z For Mosul alone, Nuraddin Qablan, the deputy president of the Nineveh provincial council said an estimated $100 billion would be needed to “put the city of Mosul back on its feet again.” US trumpets Mosul gains, but Iraq says more aid needed 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z Colonel Mohammed al-Taie of the Operation Command in the surrounding Nineveh province said Iraqi forces were advancing rapidly north of Mosul. Iraqi forces push for Mosul victory before Ramadan 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z In the Christian town of Hamdaniyeh, the Nineveh Plains Protection Units, a Christian militia paid by and affiliated with the PMU, guards the entrance and exit. Mosul draws Iran-backed Shiite militias 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z In all, a hundred thousand Christians from across the Biblical Nineveh Plains are estimated to have abandoned their farmlands, villages, and towns for refuge in northern Kurdistan—or beyond Iraq’s borders. War, Terrorism, and the Christian Exodus from the Middle East 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z The Erbil clinic is trying to recruit more specialists to help cope with an overflow of 210 cases from war-torn Nineveh province, of which Mosul is the regional capital. 'Be strong': Iraqis wounded in Mosul try trauma counseling to cope 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Rapid-response and federal police units on Monday took the court of justice and the Nineveh province police directorate buildings, neither of which were used by the Islamic State. U.S.-backed Iraqi forces capture main government building in Mosul 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z A special Rapid Response team stormed the Nineveh governorate building and the surrounding government complex in an overnight raid that lasted about an hour, he said. Iraq security forces take Mosul's main government complex, museum building 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z The three-pronged attack began just after sunrise, with three convoys of Iraqi forces snaking across Nineveh province’s hilly desert on the southern approach to Mosul. World Digest: Feb. 23, 2017 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z On state-run television channels in Iraq, news reports from Mosul are shown with a standing logo that says in Arabic and English, “Nineveh, We Are Coming.” Baghdad Car Bomb Kills Scores in Shiite Neighborhood 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Driving on Thursday evening near the sprawling Nineveh International Hotel, in the northern part of the city, the streets were busy with civilian traffic, joined occasionally by an Iraqi armored vehicle. Today in Mosul: Retaken Parts of ISIS Stronghold Return to Life 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Eventually, the chief of police for Nineveh Province, whose capital is Mosul, reconstituted his forces at a spartan base north of the city. The Desperate Battle to Destroy ISIS 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z Nineveh, ironically, is a sworn enemy of the Jews. Opinion | A Jewish wanderer moving from place to place in hopes of repairing the world 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Within a few days Iraqi troops retook the city’s university, the Nineveh International hotel and more than half dozen eastern neighborhoods. Iraqi forces eye tougher fight in Mosul's west 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z Mosul, the last major city in Iraq where the Islamic State still maintains significant control, is the capital of Nineveh Province. Baghdad Car Bomb Kills Scores in Shiite Neighborhood 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z The Kurds are hoping that in the postwar shakeout some villages beyond the new, nominal border may choose them over Baghdad, further increasing their hold in the Nineveh plains. Kurdish trench in Iraq stakes out claim for bigger territory 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z “The relationship between the Army and the Nineveh Police was terrible,” Captain Basam told me. The Desperate Battle to Destroy ISIS 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z “The Genius of Judaism,” a smart, revealing and essential book for our times, is Lévy’s own private whale, and our treacherous world is his Nineveh. Opinion | A Jewish wanderer moving from place to place in hopes of repairing the world 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z The worst-hit area was the province of Nineveh, where security forces are fighting to retake the Islamic State-held city of Mosul. World Digest: Jan. 3, 2017 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z The camps for Iraqis displaced by the fighting in and around Mosul are mostly south and east of the city in Nineveh province and in the nearby self-ruled Kurdish region. No big New Year's celebrations for Iraq's displaced 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z Saadi said he expected Iraqi forces would drive Isis from Mosul and the rest of Nineveh province within three months. Iraqi troops resume push to take Mosul from Isis after two-week lull 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Hassan Sham was about twenty miles east of Mosul, in the “disputed territories” of Nineveh Province—lands to which the governments of both Kurdistan and Iraq lay claim. The Desperate Battle to Destroy ISIS 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z God asks Jonah to visit the wicked city of Nineveh and persuade its people to repent or face destruction. Opinion | A Jewish wanderer moving from place to place in hopes of repairing the world 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z They’ve reached safety in camps in Nineveh province and in Iraq’s Kurdish self-rule zone. Rain, cold cause misery for Iraq's displaced 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z Al-Saadi said he expected Mosul and the rest of Nineveh province to be totally rid of IS in about three months. Iraqi forces in Mosul reinforced, new push against IS soon 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z The Christians of Nineveh are members of an ancient and once-vibrant community. Displaced Iraqi Christians head home for 'wartime' Christmas 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z When Rayyan took a Humvee back to Hamdaniya, to meet with the leadership of the Nineveh Police and collect more ammunition, I caught a ride out of Mosul with him. The Desperate Battle to Destroy ISIS 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z The region of Nineveh is one of the most ancient settlements of Christianity, going back nearly 2,000 years. Iraqis celebrate first Christmas near Mosul after Islamic State pushed out 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z Faris al-Brifkani, a radiologist from Nineveh who is on the Iraqi parliament’s health committee, said the government didn’t coordinate properly with local authorities to prepare. Iraq is unable to treat the huge numbers of people wounded in Mosul 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z When Mosul falls, he said, Kurdish and Iraqi officials will hold talks about peshmerga positions and who will administer Nineveh province. After the Islamic State, Iraq at risk of a new battle for disputed territory 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Torched by IS militants, church-supervised volunteers recently cleaned it up after government forces retook Bartella as part of an ongoing campaign to liberate the nearby city of Mosul and surrounding areas in Nineveh province. Displaced Iraqi Christians head home for 'wartime' Christmas 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z "Nineveh state will be your graveyard," he said, referring to the north Iraqi province where Mosul is located. Iraq says it destroys Mosul car bomb factories 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z It is probably true of every report from the plain of Nineveh that one never sees the killers up close. Inside the Battle for Mosul 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Members of the Christian community are now pressing the central government to grant Nineveh Plain the status of a province, a step intended to safeguard vulnerable minority groups, which also include Yazidis and ethnic Shabaks. Iraq’s Christians Turn to Militia for Protection 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z Nineveh is the northern Iraqi province where Mosul is the capital. Death toll in Iraq bombing claimed by ISIS rises to 73 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z Those fleeing Tal Afar are Sunnis, who are in a majority in Nineveh province in and around Mosul. Kurds, Shi'ite fighters to coordinate after sealing off Mosul 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z After seizing the Nineveh plains in 2014, Islamic State issued an ultimatum to Christians: pay a tax, convert to Islam, or die by the sword. Church in northern Iraq reopened after two years under IS control 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z The Nineveh region surrounding Mosul is a mosaic of ethnic and religious communities - Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, Yazidis, Christians, Sunnis, Shi'ites - though Sunni Arabs comprise the overwhelming majority. Iraqi forces yet to seal off Mosul as battle enters second month 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Many of them lived in Hamdaniya, which is on the Nineveh Plain, a fertile region that inspired the militia’s name: the Nineveh Plain Protection Units, or NPU. Iraq’s Christians Turn to Militia for Protection 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z Iraqi intelligence officials say they believe Baghdadi is not in Mosul but in al-Ba'aj district, a bedouin town on the edge of Nineveh province, which borders Syria. Special Report: Under siege in Mosul, Islamic State turns to executions and paranoia 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z A senior source in the Iraqi military's Nineveh Operations command reported significant advances around the city on Tuesday. Nimrud: Photos show IS destruction of ancient Iraqi city - BBC News 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Prayers were held under the watchful eyes of armed Assyrian Christian militiamen, known as the Nineveh Plain Protection Units, or NPU. Gasps, tears as Iraqis return to IS-destroyed parish 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z "In village after village in Kirkuk and Nineveh, KRG security forces destroyed Arab homes – but not those belonging to Kurds – for no legitimate military purpose," said Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at HRW. Iraqi Kurds' destruction of Arab villages could be war crime: HRW 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z Several NPU members said Iraqi Sunnis—many of whom initially supported Islamic State—wouldn't be welcome if they returned to the Nineveh Plain. Iraq’s Christians Turn to Militia for Protection 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z There is widespread concern that despite a year of planning there is little agreement within the many ethnic groups in the region on the future political structure of Mosul or the surrounding Nineveh province. Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 'no longer in Mosul' 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z The Islamic State leader didn’t mention the city of Mosul by name, but did reference Nineveh, the province that features the city as its capital. Islamic State Leader Rallies Fighters in Rare Audio Recording 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z The voice calls on people in Nineveh, the Iraqi province where Mosul is located, to fight the "enemies of God". Mosul battle: Tape 'from IS leader Baghdadi' urges no retreat - BBC News 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Baghdadi, an Iraqi whose real name is Ibrahim al-Samarrai, called on the population of Mosul’s Nineveh province “not to weaken in the jihad’’ against the “enemies of God.” Islamic State leader, confident about holding Mosul, calls for invasion of Turkey 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Baghdadi, an Iraqi whose real name is Ibrahim al-Samarrai, called on the population of Mosul's Nineveh province ``not to weaken in the jihad'' against the "enemies of God." IS leader confident in victory, in first message about Mosul battle 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Mosul was conquered in a lightning Isis advance in the summer of 2014, falling to the militants along with much of the surrounding Nineveh plains. Iraqi special forces hold positions after entering Isis-held Mosul 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z “I was sort of the sheikh of the strongest tribe,” he said, “Today, there’s no comparable figure in Nineveh province.” On Mosul's southern front, fight against IS grinds on slowly 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Soon after, as the sun sank beneath the Nineveh plains, they left to free Bartella. An Iraqi band of brothers: They watch 'American Sniper' and play 'Call of Duty' – and they're out to recapture Mosul 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z The northern parts of Iraq stretching from Anbar to Nineveh are a microcosm of the problems that plagued the country for a decade. Unless Baghdad fills the political vacuum in Mosul, Isis will revive 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z There is a dark reason why these ancient towns and villages in the fertile Nineveh Plain, the cradle of Mesopotamian civilization, are now devoid of inhabitants. Iraqi Christians Return as Islamic State Retreats 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z The northern province of Nineveh, of which Mosul is the capital, is one of Iraq’s most diverse regions. Lessons of war: David Petraeus warns that a bigger challenge awaits after Islamic State is driven from Mosul 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z I’ve walked through church ruins in Nineveh that archaeologists estimate were constructed in the second or third century. Can Iraq’s Christians Finally Go Home? 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z In a Facebook post Monday, he denied that there was any order given to expel displaced people from Nineveh province, where Mosul is located. Concerns about ‘collective punishment’ after Sunni Arabs flee Iraqi city of Kirkuk 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z In the museum video, the militants are also shown attacking the Nirgal Gate, an entrance to the ancient capital of Nineveh, on the outskirts of present-day Mosul. Why Islamic State wants to destroy the treasures of the ancient world 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Many minority refugees from the Nineveh Plain are fighting alongside Iraqi Army and Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers to retake their hometowns. Iraqi Christians Return as Islamic State Retreats 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z The north Nineveh plains around Mosul were famously one of the most diverse places in the region, even if the city itself was dominated by Sunni Muslims. ‘We usually cry when we watch the news’: anguish of Iraq’s Yazidi families 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z Seeking to secure the areas around their new de-facto capital, they soon turned their sights on the sprawling flatlands known as the Nineveh Plains. 'This is our land': Christians return to Iraqi town recaptured from Islamic State 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z Atiya's village on the edge of Nineveh province was retaken from IS earlier this year. In Mosul fight, Iraqi forces eye redemption and revenge 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Mosul is the ancient Nineveh, a city with more history than anyone has written to date. Retaking Mosul From ISIS May Pale to What Comes Next 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Christian leaders such as Mr. Gorgees are already pressing to create a separate Nineveh Plains province as a homeland for non-Sunni minorities. Iraqi Christians Return as Islamic State Retreats 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z As day broke, the vehicles piled off the roads to avoid any improvised bombs and began moving across the dusty Nineveh plain toward the villages. At the Mosul Front: Traps, Smoke Screens and Suicide Bombers 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Separately, Iranian-backed Shiite militias conscripted by the al-Abadi regime to take part in the Mosul offensive are quietly gaining influence among Shiite enclaves around the city and the larger Nineveh province. Mosul offensive against ISIS ‘ahead of schedule,’ but fears of wider regional war mount 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z He recalled being holed up in a corner of the city's Nineveh Hotel when he first began hearing rumors that his senior officers were giving up the fight. In Mosul fight, Iraqi forces eye redemption and revenge 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z While some Pentagon aides pressed for more definitive plans, other administration officials say that American diplomats will help broker political power-sharing arrangements between Iraqis, Kurds and various other groups in Nineveh as the campaign unfolds. Battle for Mosul Tests Obama Strategy to Shift Fight’s Burden From U.S. 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Most of the local population on the Nineveh plain has fled since Isis seized the area in the summer of 2014. Kurds lead advance on Mosul in decisive battle for Iraq's second city 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Once rich in historical buildings and ancient sites, the city is the capital of Nineveh province and is home to the historic Mosul museum. What to Know About the Operation to Retake Mosul 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z "I announce today the start of the operation to liberate the province of Nineveh." Iraq announces start of offensive to retake Mosul 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z Just over two years ago, Saif was holed up in a corner of Mosul’s Nineveh hotel as he first began hearing rumors that his senior officers were fleeing the militant group’s advance. In Mosul fight, Iraqi forces eye redemption and revenge 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z At least another 600,000 residents and residents of the Nineveh plains are already receiving aid after fleeing the city after the Isis invasion. 'Last battle' against Isis in Iraq: forces mass for Mosul assault 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Mosul and the surrounding province of Nineveh are in one of the most religiously and ethnically diverse areas of the country. Battle to banish Islamic State from Mosul could become a mess 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Others abandoned their posts during Islamic State's lightning sweep through Mosul and the rest of Nineveh Governorate that at one point seemed to even threaten Baghdad. Sunni force pleads for Iraqi government help as Mosul fight looms 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z A main concern for critics is that there is no plan in Iraq for how to govern Mosul and the surrounding Nineveh Province. Girding to Retake Mosul, Obama Faces Bush’s Deadly Pitfall 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z Hundreds were kidnapped when the Islamic State marauded through their villages in Syria and thousands more continue to be exiled from the historically Assyrian Nineveh plains east of Mosul in Iraq. Evildoers of Twitter Beware: You Can Now Be Served Lawsuits in a Tweet 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z This month, say coalition sources, the battle for the fourth, Nineveh, which surrounds Mosul, will begin. The battle for Mosul 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Once named after former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, but now known as Q-West, the base has undergone a major overhaul ahead of the push into Nineveh province, of which Mosul is the capital. The battle in Iraq that could turn the tide against Islamic State: The fight for Mosul is about to begin 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z Over the next hour, they would throw them over 16 cities and towns in Nineveh province, all held by Islamic State, as part of the government’s largest “psy-ops” offensive against the militant group. Waging war on Islamic State: The first battle is for hearts and minds 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Sadr’s militia controls as much as 2,000 square miles of territory, mostly in the Nineveh province of northern Iraq. U.S.-led coalition’s progress in ISIS fight tainted by Iranian-backed militias’ atrocities 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z U.S. warplanes conducted about 20 strikes in Iraq over the weekend, largely centered in northern Nineveh province and Mosul, the strategic city that local forces hope to recapture from the Islamic State this year. A reminder of the permanent wars: Dozens of U.S. airstrikes in six countries 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z In a dramatic video released the same month, Adnani and other Islamic State officials are seen smashing the border crossing between Syria and Iraq’s Nineveh province. Key Islamic State official killed in Syria, group says 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z "The main aim of the operation was to open a strategic road to the Christian areas of the Nineveh plain," said Brig. Iraqi Kurdish troops take more ground east of IS-held Mosul 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z “The main aim of the operation was to open a strategic road to the Christian areas of the Nineveh plain,” said Brig. Iraqi Kurdish troops take more ground east of IS-held Mosul 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z The effort in Mosul and Nineveh in the spring, summer and early fall of 2003 was very successful. The challenge in Mosul won’t be to defeat the Islamic State. It will be what comes after. 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Qaraqosh, the biggest Christian town on the Nineveh plains in Iraq's north, fell to IS more than two years ago and remains under militant control. Christians say defeating IS won't make Iraq safe for them 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z The rest of the attackers were neighbors to Kojo village, Arabs who lived in Nineveh Province with the Yezidis, making long-term trust and reconciliation almost unthinkable. The Yezidi Genocide, Two Years Later 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z IS still controls Iraq's second largest city of Mosul in Nineveh province. UN warns of dangers as Iraqis displaced by IS return home 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z IS still controls Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul in Nineveh province. UN warns of dangers as Iraqis displaced by IS return home 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z The other ultimate challenge was the lack of clear direction and resources from Baghdad for their ministries’ activities in Nineveh. The challenge in Mosul won’t be to defeat the Islamic State. It will be what comes after. 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Nineveh provincial council member Abdul Rahman al-Wakaa said the group had begun moving local leaders around so people could not identify them as easily and pass their location on to coalition and Iraqi forces. Cracks show inside Islamic State's shrinking caliphate 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z The militia, known as the Nineveh Plain Protection Units, or NPU, is one of three Christian armed groups hoping for American support after the U.S. Christian militias fighting IS in Iraq hope for US support 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z The statement lauded al-Luhaibi as a "knight" and said his death would "increase our determination to clear" the entire province of Nineveh, where Mosul is the provincial capital, of IS militants. Iraq says senior military commander killed while fighting IS 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z Al-Sumariya TV cited a source in Nineveh province as saying that Baghdadi and other Islamic State leaders were wounded Thursday in a coalition airstrike on a group headquarters near the Syrian border. World Digest: June 10, 2016 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z In the case of Mosul, Nineveh’s Sunni Arabs, in particular, will need considerable reassurances that their interests will be adequately represented in the new Mosul and Nineveh. The challenge in Mosul won’t be to defeat the Islamic State. It will be what comes after. 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z According to Ekabee, the colonel and government officials in Nineveh province, at least 11 civilians were killed — more than double the number in the U.S. report. A desperate woman’s email from Iraq reveals the high toll of Obama’s low-cost wars 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z One rival group, the Nineveh Plains Forces is based in the town of Telskof, where half-collapsed buildings and bomb craters remain from vicious fighting against Islamic State militants in May. Christian militias fighting IS in Iraq hope for US support 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z It also showed scenes of bulldozers razing the ancient Gate of Nergal, part of the historic Nineveh city wall in Mosul, which was reported earlier this year. Islamic State video shows Assyrian temple blown up in Iraq 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z According to Jonathan Tubb, the guards who tried to defend the monuments in Nineveh were executed. Irina Bokova: the woman standing between Isis and world heritage 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Because Nineveh and the other Sunni Arab provinces lack significant energy resources and the leverage they provide, Kurdish-style constitutional autonomy is not a viable option. The challenge in Mosul won’t be to defeat the Islamic State. It will be what comes after. 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Falluja was the first major city to be seized by Isis, taken long before the militants surged into northern Iraq and conquered the Nineveh plains and Iraq’s second city, Mosul. Isis fighting back as Iraqi forces try to take centre of Falluja 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z In Nineveh province, this "new reality" was born in 2014 when official security forces failed to defend the Sinjar area against the Sunni Islamic State militants who purged its Yazidi population. In remote corner of Iraq, an unlikely alliance forms against Islamic State 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Islamic State wants to prevent its fighters and civilians under its control from learning about its setbacks, said Nineveh provincial councilman Hassan al-Sabawi. Islamic State seeks news blackout in Mosul as Iraqi army nears 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Gen. Bahnam Aboush, a fighter with the largely Christian militia based in the town and known as the Nineveh Plain Protection Units, said his men tried to hold their ground but were overwhelmed. Navy SEAL killed in Iraq after Islamic State punches through front line 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z That entailed getting Iraqi partners to help run the city of nearly 2 million people and the rest of Nineveh Province — a very large area about which we knew very little. The challenge in Mosul won’t be to defeat the Islamic State. It will be what comes after. 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z The Nergal Gate in Nineveh was originally built around 700 B.C. and reconstructed in the 20th century. Exclusive Photos Show Destruction of Nineveh Gates by ISIS The short-lived offensive to retake Nineveh province also kicked off an exodus of thousands of civilians from Islamic State-controlled territory. Iraq Stumbles Early in Northern Military Campaign 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z The move reflects the importance of Mosul to the militants; the capital of Nineveh province is the largest under their control and regarded as their de facto capital. Islamic State seeks news blackout in Mosul as Iraqi army nears 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Military forces are simultaneously fighting the Sunni militant group in Nineveh province with the ultimate goal of retaking Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city and Islamic State’s stronghold in the country. Iraqi Forces Kill 150 Islamic State Fighters Near Fallujah, Army says 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z The base was established as part of the launch of an Iraqi army push to retake Nineveh province from Islamic State, including the extremist group’s Iraqi stronghold, Mosul. Islamic State Rocket Expert Killed in U.S. Airstrike 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z The citizens of the surrounding city of Mosul consider themselves descendants of the ancient Assyrians who built Nineveh. Exclusive Photos Show Destruction of Nineveh Gates by ISIS The Iraqi military said on Thursday the advance was the first move in an operation dubbed "Fatah", or "Conquest", that aims to liberate the whole of Nineveh province, of which Mosul is capital. Iraqi forces make slow progress south of Mosul 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z Isis had just surged through Iraq, conquering the plains of Nineveh, and would soon announce a caliphate on its territories in Syria and Iraq, upending fragile nation states that had already begun to collapse. Turkish officials: Europe wanted to export extremists to Syria 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z The Iraqi army described Thursday’s operation outside the northern Nineveh province town of Makhmour as the start of the Mosul offensive. In Syria and Iraq, the Islamic State is in retreat on multiple fronts 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z The Nineveh operations are the Iraqi army’s main focus, Col. Islamic State Rocket Expert Killed in U.S. Airstrike 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z While the gates of Nineveh were rebuilt in the 20th century, they remain prized symbols of the ancient heritage of the residents of modern Mosul. Exclusive Photos Show Destruction of Nineveh Gates by ISIS A military statement cited by Iraqi state TV said Thursday's advance was the first phase in an operation dubbed "Fatah", or "Conquest", that aimed to liberate Nineveh province, of which Mosul is the capital. Iraq launches offensive against Islamic State south of Mosul 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z The retaking of the villages, the army said, was the first phase of the Nineveh operation, giving no indication of when the next phase would occur. Iraqi Army Launches Operation in Northern Province 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z The Assyrian sites of Nimrud, Nineveh and Khorsabad, once capitals of one of the world's first true empires in the first millennium B.C., are in projected path of a deluge resulting from a dam failure. This Crumbling Dam Could Wipe Out Cultural Treasures Nineveh was sacked and its palaces, walls and Lamassus slowly sank beneath the ground, eventually becoming a series of mounds of dust, sand and earth. Museum of Lost Objects: The Winged Bull of Nineveh - BBC News 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Nor have Islamic State leaders been indicted for destroying Assyrian statues from Nineveh or razing Roman ruins in Palmyra. ICC's first cultural destruction trial to open in The Hague 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z In his final Mass celebrated along the Mexican border, Francis told the biblical story of the city of Nineveh, which was “self-destructing as a result of oppression and dishonor, violence and injustice.” Francis and Trump: Populist Leaders Preaching Divergent Messages 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Ancient monuments in the cities of Nineveh, Palmyra and Hatra lie in ruins. Isis has destroyed Iraq's oldest Christian monastery, satellite images confirm 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z The ancient Assyrian capital of Nineveh, once the largest city in the world, lies in the flood path of a potential Mosul Dam collapse. This Crumbling Dam Could Wipe Out Cultural Treasures Listen to the episode about the Winged Bull of Nineveh on Radio 4 from 12:00 GMT on Monday 29 February or get the Museum of Lost Objects podcast. Museum of Lost Objects: The Winged Bull of Nineveh - BBC News 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z The militants also still hold Mosul, the capital of Nineveh province in the north. Iraq declares Ramadi liberated from Islamic State 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z It is seen as a counterweight to Shi'ite militias that have grown in clout elsewhere in Iraq with Iranian backing, and was formed by former Nineveh governor Atheel al-Nujaifi, who has close relations with Turkey. Turkey defends ground troops in Iraq as war escalates 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Sinjar was seized 15 months ago by Isis forces, who massacred or enslaved the local Yazidi community and ousted other minorities from the Nineveh plains. Peshmerga forces enter Sinjar in fight against Isis 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Sinjar in northern Iraq, was seized 15 months ago by Isis forces, who massacred and enslaved the local Yazidi community and ousted other minorities from the Nineveh plains. Kurdish forces claim to have cut off Isis supply line near Sinjar in Iraq 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z In the summer of 2014, after sweeping through much of northern Iraq, it evicted thousands of Chaldean and Assyrian Christians from their ancestral homes in the plains of Nineveh. Isis appears to have killed three Christian hostages in Syria 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z It also says those who have forced the migration of religious communities from their ancestral homelands — especially the Nineveh Plain, the historic home of Yazidis — be “tracked, sanctioned, arrested, prosecuted and punished.” Lawmakers say killing Christians is ‘religious genocide’ 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z The walls of Nineveh were built around A.D. Here Are the Ancient Sites ISIS Has Damaged and Destroyed 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z The report criticized the Turkish consul in Nineveh, of which Mosul is the capital, for alleged links to Islamic State, and Kurdish peshmerga fighters accused of confiscating weapons and ammunition abandoned by the military. Iraq's Maliki rejects blame for fall of Mosul 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z The Central Indiana Land Trust says its latest purchase will allow for the creation of the 550-acre Glacier’s End Nature Preserve near the Johnson County town of Nineveh. Nature preserve planned at site where glaciers stopped 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z The group’s al-Hayat Media Center last week selected the Nineveh burning, drowning and beheading as No. 1 on its top-10 list of videos from Iraq. What the Islamic State shows us about human nature and torture 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z In propaganda videos and photos, the group has detailed the wreckage of a museum in Mosul, Iraq, and important archaeological sites in Nimrud, Hatra and Nineveh, Iraq. ISIS Destroys More Artifacts in Syria and Iraq 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z We could see the plain of Nineveh down below us - an expanse of fertile ground held by Islamic State. Is Iraq on the verge of falling apart? - BBC News 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z Mosul is the capital of Nineveh Province in northern Iraq and was the site of a sermon that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State, defiantly delivered in July. U.S. Embracing a New Approach on Battling ISIS in Iraq 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Mosul is the capital of Nineveh Province in northern Iraq, which was taken by Islamic State militants last year. U.S. Adding Military Advisers in Iraq to Reclaim Ramadi, Officials Say 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z At that time, militants also seized the ancient Assyrian capital of Nineveh. Islamic State isn’t just destroying ancient artifacts — it’s selling them 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z Bishop Bashar has worked frantically with Christian charitable groups to raise money to cope with the refugees from Mosul and Nineveh, but the money is running out as the months are passing. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z The group released a video Monday that appeared to show jubilant Iraqi men and boys in the Nineveh area spontaneously dancing and waving its black-and-white banners. A tragic replay in Ramadi 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z Nineveh, Rome, Medieval Italy, Elizabethan England and, even sadder to say, some 500 million of our current fellow human beings, all lived or currently do live at around this level. To Defend Child Labour In The Textiles Sweatshops 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z As I climbed the steep mountain path above the plain of Nineveh, Iraq, the sound of monks chanting and the smell of incense drifted out of the 4th Century monastery of St Matthew. Christians under threat in the Middle East 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z They are eventually expected to move on to Nineveh and its capital Mosul, the group's stronghold. Exclusive: Iraq's leader to seek arms, with deferred payment, on U.S. visit 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z While the Manchester team were working with Iraqi archaeologists to recover their finds, the Islamic State were attacking and bulldozing ancient sites in Nineveh, Nimrod and Hatra. Archaeologists in Iraq defy militants 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the Baghdad government would work with Kurdish authorities to liberate the northern province of Nineveh from Islamic State militants. Iraq PM says will cooperate with Kurds to liberate Nineveh 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z The statement was referring to the long-anticipated offensive to retake the city of Mosul in Nineveh that was overrun by Islamic State militants in June. Iraqi defense minister declares victory in city of Tikrit 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z They swept across the plain of Nineveh last year, forcing tens of thousands of Christians to flee from Mosul, Iraq's second city, and surrounding towns and villages. Christians under threat in the Middle East 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Kouyunjik sits directly opposite the Iraqi city of Mosul on the banks of the Tigris, and 2,700 years ago it was part of Nineveh, the last capital of the Assyrians. The men who uncovered Assyria 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z It is from the Nineveh Province, which is under IS control. Viewpoint: Why is IS featuring deaf people in a video? 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Abadi declined to lay out a timetable for the plan to retake Nineveh, of which Mosul is capital, in order not to lose the "element of surprise". Iraq PM says will cooperate with Kurds to liberate Nineveh 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z Another video image showed a man using an electric drill to destroy the human face of a huge winged bull standing at a gate at Nineveh. Updated: Islamic State group seeks to erase history in Iraq 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z Officials had repeatedly voiced their fear for Nimrud's fate after it fell into Islamic State hands during the group's swift takeover of large sections of Nineveh province last year. Islamic State attacks ancient site of Nimrud, Iraq, officials say 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z He was not going to see the treasures of Nineveh, like those of Khorsabad, shipped off to the Louvre. The men who uncovered Assyria 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z Last week, Islamic State militants videotaped themselves destroying statues and artifacts in the Mosul Museum and at the Nergal Gate entryway to ancient Nineveh. ISIS Attacks Nimrud, a Major Archaeological Site in Iraq 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Brett calls himself the “King of Nineveh,” after the province of ancient Christian villages now occupied by the Islamic State. These Americans return to Iraq as Christian warriors against Islamic State 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city, and the surrounding Nineveh province fell to the militants as Iraqi security forces melted away during the Islamic State group's summer blitz. Bombings kill 19 people in Iraq 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z Outside the museum, the militants’ video lingered on a description of the gate at Nineveh, which explained that the entrance was dedicated to Nergal, the Sumerian god of plague and the underworld in ancient Mesopotamia. Destruction of Antiquities by ISIS Militants Is Denounced 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Sir Henry Rawlinson, who had been British Consul in Baghdad at the time of Rassam's nocturnal excavations at Nineveh, now claimed the discovery of Ashurbanipal's palace for himself. The men who uncovered Assyria 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z At one point, the wall that surrounded Nineveh was more than seven miles in circumference, with fifteen gates. Terror in the Mosul Museum 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z The Iraqi Assyrians he serves alongside, not all of whom are impressed by the “King of Nineveh” persona, stress that this is not a crusade but a fight to return to their homes. These Americans return to Iraq as Christian warriors against Islamic State 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z Mosul and the surrounding Nineveh province fell to the militants during their blitz in June after Iraqi security forces melted away. World Digest: Feb. 26, 2015 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Atheel Najafi, governor of Iraq's Nineveh province, issued a statement on social media saying that "what happened today in Mosul ... is a matter that goes beyond all ability to describe ugliness." Islamic State says it destroyed ancient artifacts in Mosul, Iraq 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z In 612BC, Nineveh was sacked in a rebellion led by the Babylonians. The men who uncovered Assyria 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z Mosul and surrounding Nineveh province fell to the militants in June 2014 after Iraqi security forces melted away. Militants abduct more Christians, smash ancient artifacts 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city and the surrounding Nineveh province fell to the militants last June. News Guide: Latest developments on Islamic State group 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Video also surfaced on Thursday appearing to be an official Islamic State production made in Iraq’s Nineveh Province, which is also traditionally home to many Assyrian Christians. More Assyrian Christians Captured as ISIS Attacks Villages in Syria 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city and the surrounding Nineveh province fell to the militants during their blitz last June after Iraqi security forces melted away. New IS video shows militants smashing ancient Iraq artifacts 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Published in 1849, his account of his excavations, Nineveh and its Remains, became an immediate bestseller. The men who uncovered Assyria 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z He also pointed to progress "mobilizing and recruiting people in Nineveh, Anbar and Salahuddin to liberate them from terrorist gangs" referring to the main areas of Islamic State control. Iraqi minister chides U.S. over Mosul assault timing 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z Former Democratic Sen. Carl Levin, who retired in December, helped include specific reference to the Nineveh area, which they hope will yield U.S. funding. Iraqi Christians form militia: ‘I want to defend our own lands’ from Islamic State 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z Restore Nineveh Now is a project of the U.S. Iraqi Christians Form Anti-ISIS Militia, and You Can Legally Fund Them 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z The initial Jordanian air strikes Thursday reportedly killed 55 militants in and around ISIS’s self-declared capital in the Syrian town of Raqqa, including a senior commander known as the “Prince of Nineveh.” Jordan's Reaction to ISIS and the Power of Vengeance 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Approximately 30,000 Christians have since fled the Nineveh Plains for fear of falling into the hands of the radical Islamists. 4,000-Strong Christian Militia Formed to Fight ISIS in Northern Iraq Their information then gets passed to Iraqi security commanders in charge of airstrikes and military operation in Nineveh province, the lawmaker said. AP Interview: Iraq 'sleeper cells' fight Islamic State group 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Sunni neighbors that supported Islamic extremists and Kurdish forces that fled under attack, abandoning the Nineveh plains region will not be allowed to return to the area, members of the new militia say. Iraqi Christians form militia: ‘I want to defend our own lands’ from Islamic State 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z About 600 Assyrian Christians currently are being trained at two locations in eastern Iraq to lead the Nineveh Plain Protection Units, says Restore Nineveh Now spokesman Jeff Gardner. Iraqi Christians Form Anti-ISIS Militia, and You Can Legally Fund Them 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z The writer is governor of Iraq’s Nineveh province. Iraq’s leaders are working together against the Islamic State 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Further north, Yazidi farmer Salim Saleem abandoned his fields and olive tree groves when Islamic State fighters overran the fertile Nineveh valley. Special Report: For Islamic State, wheat season sows seeds of discontent 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z They have a grand aim: to drive Islamic State fighters out of one of their strongholds, the city of Mosul and the surrounding province of Nineveh. This ‘liberation camp’ for Mosul is a long way from living up to its name 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Obeidi also vowed on Tuesday that the Iraqi forces would soon retake the lands they lost in northern Salahuddin and Nineveh provinces. Iraq says rebuilding of army still in early stages 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z The Nineveh Plain Protection Units are intended to safeguard unconquered Assyrian towns and the hold onto the Assyrian heartland east of Mosul if it’s regained from the Islamic State group. Iraqi Christians Form Anti-ISIS Militia, and You Can Legally Fund Them 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z His brother with his wife and four children are planning to move to Jordan after losing their farm in the Nineveh town of Qaraqosh when it was overrun this summer. As Christmas approaches, Baghdad Christians lament empty pews 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z The imagery, publicly available through the Global Agriculture Monitoring Project at the University of Maryland, shows that crops in Islamic State-controlled parts of Nineveh and Salahadeen provinces appear far less healthy than in Kurdish-held territory. Special Report: For Islamic State, wheat season sows seeds of discontent 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z Some analysts have argued that Iraq would be better off reforming and retraining existing forces such as the men at the Nineveh camp rather than creating new forces. This ‘liberation camp’ for Mosul is a long way from living up to its name 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z They now hold large territory from western Anbar and Nineveh provinces that extends across the border into Syria. Islamic State storms town in western Iraq, kills 19 police: officials 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z The camp’s backers call it the “Nineveh Liberation Base,” but during a recent visit, it looked more like a refugee camp. A Force to Fight ISIS Has Manpower, but Little Firepower 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z The Kurds included the blocks in the deal and later managed to bring the governor of Nineveh, one of the provinces affected, on board. Special Report: How Exxon helped make Iraqi Kurdistan 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z Some observers are dismissive of the efforts, which are overseen by Atheel al-Nujaifi, former governor of Nineveh province, of which Mosul is the capital. Effort to arm Sunni tribes in Iraq against Islamic State faces hurdles “Any force, when they face defeat or disaster, they have to regroup,” said Gen. Khalid al-Hamdani, Nineveh’s police chief and head of the camp. This ‘liberation camp’ for Mosul is a long way from living up to its name 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Former Baathists and military commanders lived in the province of Nineveh. Special Report: How Mosul fell - An Iraqi general disputes Baghdad's story 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z In other areas of Nineveh and Salahuddin provinces, Shiite villages lie empty and burned. With the rise of Islamic State, Iraq is splintering along religious and ethnic lines "The real problem is how to get seeds to those inside Mosul and surrounding areas," said Nineveh Governor Atheel Nujaifi, who believes production will drop next season. Islamic State's secret weapon in Iraq? Wheat, other grains 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z “Next week, we the tribes of Nineveh will hold a meeting to discuss the operation to liberate Mosul,” said Mahjoob. Effort to arm Sunni tribes in Iraq against Islamic State faces hurdles Hamdani said that 4,735 former Nineveh police officers have signed up to join the force but that he cannot afford to feed more than a few hundred without financing from the central government. This ‘liberation camp’ for Mosul is a long way from living up to its name 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Barely three hours later, as reports spread of federal police burning their camps and discarding their uniforms, the Nineveh governor and his adviser met with Qanbar and Ghaidan in the Operation Command near the airport. Special Report: How Mosul fell - An Iraqi general disputes Baghdad's story 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Violence had forced the couple from their home in Sinjar, a town in Nineveh Province, to Mosul. Back and Forth, Wearily, Across the ISIS Border 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z Since early June, when jihadist militants swept into Nineveh Province in northern Iraq and seized control of its capital, Mosul, Mr. Nujaifi has been a man without a home. Under Premier’s Plan, Iraq’s Fight Against ISIS May Fall to Its Provinces 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Many Kurds bitterly recall the 1970s, when Hussein's Baath Party initiated a program of "Arabization" that moved Sunni tribes into parts of Nineveh and forcibly removed Kurds from prime agricultural land. In Iraq, some Kurds accuse Arab neighbors of turning against them 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Nineveh Liberation Camp is not the only such project to run into difficulty. This ‘liberation camp’ for Mosul is a long way from living up to its name 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Nearby villages still occupied by the Islamic militants are now at the mercy of Kurdish guns that dominate the entire plain of Nineveh, our correspondent adds. Kurds retake key Iraqi mountain 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z Peshmerga forces, long considered a more competent fighting force, even without a unified command, also withered under an Isis onslaught when the group swept through the Nineveh plains toward Irbil from 8 August. Iraqi forces take Amerli town from Islamic State fighters 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z He is trying to assemble a 3,000-person militia of mostly Sunni Muslims from Nineveh Province to deploy against the militant group, also known as ISIS. Under Premier’s Plan, Iraq’s Fight Against ISIS May Fall to Its Provinces 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Modern Mosul is built over the bones of ancient Nineveh, and the wicked now rule the city again. The Islamic State isn’t just killing people. It’s destroying a culture. Most of Nineveh province is now in the hands of Islamic State. This ‘liberation camp’ for Mosul is a long way from living up to its name 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Having been estranged by Maliki’s government, the well-armed Sunni tribes of the Nineveh Province put up little resistance to the militants, allowing the group to expand quickly in the region. Can Iraq's New Prime Minister Keep the Sunnis on Side? 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z He said the next objective was to clear IS fighters from the Nineveh plain "to ensure the return of minorities". Obama justifies strikes on Iraq dam 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z The next objective for Peshmerga troops was to clear IS fighters from the Nineveh plain, north-west of Baghdad, "to ensure the return of minorities", said Kurdish officials. Iraq mission 'could last for months' 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z Isis's first wave of sweeping victories was in the Sunni provinces of Nineveh and Salaheddin in June. Isis: a portrait of the menace that is sweeping my homeland 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z As Isis has taken over cities with large religious minority populations in Nineveh and Mosul, they have targeted women belonging to those minorities. Who will condemn the sexual enslavement of Iraq’s minority women? 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Hassan Ibrahim, Director General of the Grain Board of Iraq, said the Islamic State had tried to sell wheat stolen from Nineveh back to the government via middle men in other provinces. Exclusive: Islamic State militants grab new weapon - Iraqi wheat 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z As many as 100,000 people in the surrounding province of Nineveh are believed to be fleeing toward the autonomous Kurdistan Region. 10 days in Iraq: Aid drops, air-strikes and 200,000 new refugees 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z Religious and ethnic minorities that have lived in the plains of the northern province of Nineveh are particularly vulnerable. Islamic State surges in North Iraq, near Kurdistan border 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z The province of Anbar, to the west of Baghdad, and most of Nineveh, surrounding Mosul, remain in their hands. Every sort of battle 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Mosul, the country's largest northern city, is the capital of Nineveh. Syria fighters hail declaration of Islamic 'caliphate' 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z A senior Iraqi government official told Reuters that the militants had seized wheat in recent weeks from government silos in the provinces of Nineveh and Anbar, which both border Syria. Exclusive: Islamic State militants grab new weapon - Iraqi wheat 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z When on June 10 they took Mosul, the capital of Nineveh province and Iraq’s second largest city, they raided banks and filled their coffers. The View From Baghdad as It Braces for ISIS Onslaught Militants declared the surrounding Nineveh province a part of their Islamic state and issued a 16-point document outlining new rules, AFP reported. ISIL imposes Islamic law in Mosul: ‘We live in continuous fear’ 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z Their extortion rackets in Mosul netted up to $8 million a month, Gen. Mahdi Gharawi, until recently the Nineveh province police commander, said in an interview with Niqash, an Arabic language news website. During bloody march in Iraq, militants display humor, savvy 2014-06-21T04:00:00Z Clashes also continued in Tall Afar, an ethnically diverse town 240 miles northwest of Baghdad in Nineveh province, a day after government officials and armed groups made conflicting assertions about who controlled the area. Iraq says it stopped Islamic militants 35 miles from Baghdad 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z Clashes also continued in Tal Afar, an ethnically diverse town 260 miles northwest of Baghdad in Nineveh province, a day after government officials and armed groups made conflicting assertions of control of the area. Iraqi forces battle rebels in Baqubah; prisoners reportedly slain 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z At Tal Afar, a strategic city west of Mosul in the province of Nineveh, there are reports that reinforcements have arrived to boost government forces trying to recapture the town from rebels. Clashes on approaches to Baghdad 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z Fighting in Tal Afar began on Sunday, with mortar shelling of some districts as the militants tried to enter the city in Nineveh province. Mounting proof of Iraq 'war crimes' 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Although General Atta insisted the Iraqi military controlled of the situation, he also said that centers were being formed for reconstituting the army in Nineveh Province. Iraqi General Insists Baghdad Is Safe From Insurgents 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z The ruins of Nineveh are directly across the river Tigris from Mosul. Mosul was magical once, but now it's stalked by death 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z On June 10th it achieved its biggest prize to date by capturing Mosul, Iraq’s second city, and most of the surrounding province of Nineveh. Two Arab countries fall apart 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z "We are united in rejecting the granting of Maliki additional powers through a state of emergency," the Nineveh governor posted on his personal Facebook page. Al Qaeda-linked militants seize more territory in northern Iraq 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z Tal Afar has a big Shia community, from the Turkmen minority, perhaps one reason why it held out longer than any other town in Nineveh. Mounting proof of Iraq 'war crimes' 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z In a live, televised address he offered his support to those in the besieged Nineveh province and vowed retaliation. Iraqi Militants Seize Control of Tikrit 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z Most of the thousands of residents who fled the city were seeking refuge in the relatively stable region; among them was the governor of Nineveh province, Atheel al-Nujaifi, the brother of the parliament speaker. Insurgents seize Iraqi city of Mosul as security forces flee Islamic militants in Iraq overran the city of Mosul on Tuesday, gaining control of Nineveh provincial headquarters, the airport, two television stations and other facilities, authorities said. Iraq's prime minister calls for state of emergency after Mosul attack 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z Iraqi troops and police officers reportedly abandoned much of their hardware, shed their uniforms and fled the city as fighters took over the Nineveh provincial government building and burned down police and army headquarters. Al Qaeda-linked militants seize more territory in northern Iraq 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z Iraq's prime minister has asked parliament to declare a state of emergency after Islamist militants effectively took control of Mosul and much of its province of Nineveh. Militants seize Iraq's second city 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z Thousands of families were fleeing north towards the autonomous Kurdistan region, which shares a border with Nineveh province, of which Mosul is the capital. Al Qaeda-linked insurgents capture Iraq's second city 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z Exact details of what happened in Mosul, the capital of Nineveh province, were sketchy and impossible to independently confirm. Insurgents seize Iraqi city of Mosul as security forces flee Most live in villages east of Mosul, the capital of ethnically mixed Nineveh province, which is predominantly Sunni. World Digest: June 6, 2014 Six months ago, a suicide bomber killed 13 children at a school playground in Qabak, Iraq, a town near Tal Afar in the northern province of Nineveh. At War Blog: Days of Tea and Honey: Memories of a Quiet Iraq 2014-04-16T14:07:35Z The discovery, in a world where everyone knew their Bible intimately, caused a furor: how could that iconic Judaeo-Christian-Islamic narrative appear on a clay tablet from far-off Nineveh? The Big Flood on the Big Screen 2014-03-27T14:54:07Z An unknown number of militants mounted the attack in Ayn al-Jahish, a village in a remote part of Nineveh province outside the city of Mosul. Soldiers killed in north Iraq attack 2014-02-11T12:08:37Z Those include the export pipeline to Turkey running through Nineveh and Salahaddin provinces and the Akkas gas field in Anbar near the Syrian border. Violence not hitting Iraq oil for now, but raises concern 2014-01-09T08:32:24Z Last month, at least 21 people were killed in a suicide bombing at a Shabak funeral in Nineveh, which lies just outside the boundary of the relatively secure and autonomous Kurdistan region. Suicide truck bomber targets Iraq minority, killing 15 2013-10-17T12:47:15Z A summer sand storm in the Iraqi province of Nineveh. At War Blog: Days of Tea and Honey: Memories of a Quiet Iraq 2014-04-16T14:07:35Z Last month, a suicide bomb attack on a Shabak funeral in Nineveh killed more than 20 people. Suicide bomb targets Shia in Iraq 2013-10-17T09:46:12Z Mosul, capital of the predominantly Sunni province of Nineveh, is a stronghold for Islamist and other insurgents. Suicide bombers target Iraq Shi'ites, killing 32 2013-10-05T20:13:06Z "It is government crude for Sunni blood," said Abu Ammar, a Sunni tribal leader in southern Nineveh province, where a stretch of the main Kirkuk oil pipeline has repeatedly come under insurgent attack. Insight: 'Crude for blood' - return of sectarian war hits Iraq's oil exports 2013-07-25T15:04:28Z Four other policemen, were killed in a separate attack in western Mosul, Iraq's third-largest city and capital of the Sunni-dominated Nineveh province. Al Qaeda militants flee Iraq jail in violent mass break-out 2013-07-22T19:06:16Z Among the victims were two policemen shot dead at a checkpoint in the city of Mosul, in mainly Sunni Nineveh province. Deadly gun and bomb attacks in Iraq 2013-07-14T12:52:17Z Earlier on Thursday, a roadside bomb hit a bus carrying five electoral officials in the town of Baiji in Nineveh, killing one, police said. Suicide bomber kills 7 after close of Iraq polls 2013-06-20T21:35:49Z On Wednesday, a suicide bomber embraced and killed a Sunni political leader, also in Nineveh. Security tight as Iraqis vote in Sunni-dominated provinces 2013-06-20T11:35:08Z But elections were postponed in the Sunni provinces of Anbar and Nineveh because of security concerns. Suicide bomber embraces and kills Sunni politician in Iraq 2013-06-19T12:08:42Z In the evening, more car bombings exploded in the northern city of Mosul, killing at least 24 people and wounding 114, mostly at security checkpoints, said the Nineveh provincial governor, Atheel al-Nujaifi. | Middle East: Iraq: Dozens of People Killed in Wave of Bombings 2013-06-11T01:10:58Z As the spring gives way to summer, Wicken says it will be crucial to watch how and when the government holds elections in Anbar and Nineveh. Iraq's Sectarian Violence: Bombings Plunge Country in Deadly Spiral 2013-05-21T21:05:27Z Most Iraqis voted for provincial councils in April but the Shi'ite-led government postponed elections in Anbar and Nineveh, citing security concerns after months of protests by the country's Sunni minority. Suicide bomber kills 7 after close of Iraq polls 2013-06-20T21:35:49Z Most Iraqis voted for provincial councils in April but the Shi'ite Muslim-led government postponed elections in Anbar and Nineveh, citing security concerns after months of protests by the country's Sunni minority. Security tight as Iraqis vote in Sunni-dominated provinces 2013-06-20T11:35:08Z But the government suspended the elections in Anbar and Nineveh provinces because of threats to election workers and violence in those areas, a move moderate Sunni leaders and diplomats fear will further alienate Sunnis. Frustrated Iraqi Sunnis protest, fear they being sidelined 2013-04-22T16:20:40Z “We were planning to vote and participate like other Iraqis,” said Hamza Jasim, 40, who lives in Mosul, the capital of Nineveh. Iraq’s First Vote Since U.S. Exit Is Mostly Calm 2013-04-20T17:26:22Z Iraq’s cabinet postponed elections in Anbar and Nineveh until later this summer, they said, out of concern for security. Iraq's Sectarian Violence: Bombings Plunge Country in Deadly Spiral 2013-05-21T21:05:27Z Election officials may hold the postponed vote in Anbar and Nineveh provinces a month later. Iraq election candidates slain before local vote 2013-04-14T14:38:28Z A roadside bomb targeted a bus carrying five electoral officials in the town of Baiji in Nineveh, killing one, police said. Security tight as Iraqis vote in Sunni-dominated provinces 2013-06-20T11:35:08Z "We are very concerned by the decision ... to postpone provincial elections in two provinces, Anbar and Nineveh, on the stated grounds of security," said a U.S. diplomat. Suicide bomber kills 22 in Iraq election attack 2013-04-06T15:39:41Z In Nineveh, thousands of protesters called on the government to step down. Clashes Turn Deadly After Iraqi Forces Open Fire on Protesters 2013-01-25T13:55:44Z Saint Isaac of Nineveh said: “Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.” Mindfulness and Kwanzaa 2012-12-26T17:58:37Z As the Syrian government loses the ability to project force on the periphery of its territory, what you’re going to see is an emboldened Sunni opposition emerging in Nineveh and Iraq.” Al Qaeda Insinuating Its Way Into Syria’s Conflict 2012-07-25T02:17:52Z Here four thousand years ago was built a city greater than that on the banks of the Tigris or the Euphrates, than Nineveh or Babylon. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Mosul, practically on the site of ancient Nineveh, will become easy of access from Europe by means of the Baghdad railway and the restored navigation of the Tigris. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z A wind is rising against Babylon, and a tempest is about to break over Nineveh! Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z Among others are—terracottas, Roman sculptures and sepulchral antiquities, Sir T. Lawrence’s collection of casts, British antiquities, ethnological specimens, Egyptian antiquities, several saloons containing the Elgin and Phigalian Marbles, Nineveh and Lycian sculptures, &c. Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood 2012-04-06T02:00:29.250Z In the Assyrian hall of the British Museum are two statues of the god Nebo, each of which bears a cuneiform inscription saying that they were made for Queen Semiramis by a sculptor of Nineveh. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z Huge mounds, like those which Layard laid open at Nineveh, cover the mighty wreck of former cities. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Mosul is connected with Nineveh by an old bridge of boats, which probably existed in the days of Jonah. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z These four subjects from the story of Jonah are constantly repeated, perhaps as encouragement to the Christians suffering from the wickedness of Rome—the modern Nineveh, which they were to warn and pray for. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z The city article of the Nineveh Times, if such a paper existed, would probably have described “sackcloth firm, with a tendency to rise.” Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z An observation of Venus is found on the Nineveh tablets of date B.C. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z Egypt was of interest only as it came into Israelite history, Babylon and Nineveh were to illustrate the judgments of Yahweh, Tyre and Sidon to reflect the glory of Solomon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z “Nineveh, an exceeding great city of three days’ journey.” Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z Intelligence from Mosul to the 4th ult. states that Mr. Layard and his party are still carrying on their excavations at Nimrood and Nineveh. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z He was to take God’s message to the citizens of Nineveh. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z The Nineveh eclipse of B. C. 763 is perhaps the first of the ancient eclipses of which we possess a really clear description on the Assyrian eponym tablets in the British Museum. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Many of the mud-walled homes sit in the shadow of the reconstructed Mashki Gate, a soaring entryway to Nineveh, described in the biblical Book of Jonah as “an exceedingly great city.” Mosul Journal: Mesopotamia Ruins at Risk From Iraqi Residents 2012-03-15T01:15:43Z Our Home in Nineveh The houses of Mosul generally consist of two compounds. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z Christian families in Baghdad grabbed clothing, cash and a few other provisions and headed north for the Christian communities along the Nineveh plain and Kurdistan’s three provinces. Exodus From North Signals Iraqi Christians? Decline 2012-03-10T20:01:58Z “And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.” Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z God called Jonah in a powerful way, He told old Jonah just what to say; Tell them people if they don’t pray, I’ll destroy the city of Nineveh. Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes 2012-03-09T03:00:17.743Z He said he grew up within sight of the walls demarcating ancient Nineveh. Mosul Journal: Mesopotamia Ruins at Risk From Iraqi Residents 2012-03-15T01:15:43Z They accept the whole story of Jonah’s mission to Nineveh and the adventures he encountered en route, as we have it recorded in Holy Scripture. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z To illustrate: In the same room hang two pictures, Raphael's Madonna and Martin's Destruction of Nineveh. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z Nineveh was frightened, and Nineveh moaned, and Nineveh determined to do wrong no more. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z Shalmanesar II. left Nineveh in the spring, crossed the Euphrates, demanded tribute there, and then turned towards Damascus. The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) 2012-03-01T03:00:28.903Z The reader may satisfy himself on this point any day by a walk in the Egyptian rooms and in the Nineveh galleries of the British Museum. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z Kouyunjik is now a favourite place for picnics from Mosul, and in the early spring a day spent amongst the old ruins of Nineveh is very delightful. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z Nineveh and its public records supply most curious revelations of the social life and commercial transactions of those primitive times. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside 2012-02-24T03:00:26.570Z Nineveh was apparently a city of three days’ journey in size. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z It is thus clear that Assyria before the year 1300 B.C. obtained a third residence in addition to the cities of Asshur and Nineveh. The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) 2012-03-01T03:00:28.903Z Beautiful plates or blocks of ivory can be seen in the Assyrian gallery of the British museum, found at Nineveh by Mr. Layard. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z The city of Nineveh—The fast of Jonah—The bridge of boats—Traditions as to ancient history of Mosul—Alkosh, birthplace of Nahum the prophet—Shurgât—Climate of Mosul—Cultivation and industries—Importance of Mosul. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z And a lens has been found in the ruins of Nineveh. The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years 2012-02-15T03:00:30.577Z Before Psammetikhos died Nineveh was already surrounded by its foes, and four years later it perished utterly. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z Like Asshur and Nineveh, it lay on the banks of the Tigris, about 50 miles to the north of Asshur, and 25 to the south of Nineveh. The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) 2012-03-01T03:00:28.903Z The author bowed an affirmative: it was hardly worth while differentiating between Nineveh and Babylon when he was just going out. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z The ancient city of Nineveh, the former capital of the Assyrian Empire, is situated on the eastern bank of the river Tigris. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z After escaping from the whale, he went to Nineveh, and delivered his pre- tended message from God. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z Nineveh itself is threatened with the same overthrow. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z They also lie not only in the usual caravan route, but almost in a direct line drawn from Ethiopia to the cities of Nineveh and Babylon. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 102, October 11, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-02-07T03:00:08.550Z In the background is a ship, and, beyond, Nineveh. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z Nineveh is best seen to-day at the British Museum or the Louvre, Paris, as both of these places contain many interesting and valuable remains of that city. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z In consequence of his message, Jonah having no credentials from God,— nothing certifying to his official character, the King of Nineveh covered himself with sack-cloth and sat down in some ashes. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z Among the spoil were two obelisks, more than seventy tons in weight, which were removed to Nineveh as trophies of victory. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z This was found by the late George Smith at Nineveh when excavating for the proprietors of the Daily Telegraph, and was at first supposed to belong to the text translated on pp. 101-109. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z For Babylon, even as Nineveh before her, must fall. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z Nineveh was closed to excavators about four years ago, but it is hoped that investigations will be renewed again in the near future, as there still remain thirteen rooms of the palace to be examined. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z The ground plan is like that of the palaces of Nineveh; in the sculptures a resemblance has been traced to the reliefs of the buildings of the Achæmenids. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z But hardly had he returned to Nineveh before a fresh revolt broke out there. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z Lower part of the obverse of a terra-cotta tablet from Nineveh, inscribed with the names of Babylonian kings in Sumerian and Semitic Babylonian. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z Then, when the temporal ruler became a man apart, when the office was secular, and when Babylon had writhed under the lash of Nineveh, the people had always their religion. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z Some years ago two Europeans who were passing through Mosul visited Nineveh by themselves. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z From the number of the captured leaders he bound two with strong fetters of iron, and sent them with numerous presents to Nineveh, the city of my dominion. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z It is proposed then to apply the same method in the several languages supposed nearest of kin to that of the Nineveh inscriptions. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z The oracle concerning Nineveh: The Lord is a jealous God and avengeth. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z He is an infantry officer and deployed to Iraq serving as a platoon commander and company executive officer in Anbar and Nineveh Provinces. At War Blog: In Urination Video, Behavior Unbecoming a Marine 2012-01-23T22:13:23Z These interesting people dwell in the mountains round about Mosul, the ancient Nineveh. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z Male figures, with a horned cap on the head, and ending in a fish, and priests with fishskins hung above them, are often found on the monuments of Nineveh. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z Assyrian glass is represented in the British Museum by a vase of transparent greenish glass found in the north-west palace of Nineveh. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z That copies come from Babylon as well as from Nineveh is a very fortunate circumstance, as our records are rendered more complete thereby. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z In the cuneiform inscriptions of Sennacherib, the great king of Assyria, Nineveh is called "the city of Bel," and "the city beloved by Ishtar." Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z Every one may please herself as to the severity of her fasting, but almost all join in the remembrance of those three memorable days in the history of Nineveh. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z Tablets discovered at Nineveh allow us a closer insight into the system of these constellations. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z Many of the specimens discovered by Layard at Nineveh have all the appearance of being Roman, and were no doubt derived from the Roman colony, Niniva Claudiopolis, which occupied the same site. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z If, however, there had been any grounds for honouring Calah, Nineveh, and Resen with the same divine origin, the Assyrians would certainly not have allowed the tradition to go unrecorded. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z In a cuneiform inscription of Nebobelzitri, we read:—"Nineveh the city, the delight of Ishtar, wife of Bel." Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z "O Nineveh! the God of armies dooms "Thy thousand streets to never-ending glooms: "Through mouldering fanes the hollow winds shall roar, "And vultures scream where monarchy lodg'd before! The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z They took the example of the fast from the people of Nineveh. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z Their wickedness may have been of a different kind, but it was as great in the sight of God as that of Nineveh. The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. 2011-12-19T03:00:47.530Z In the eponymy of Maḫdê, of the city of Nineveh, To.... The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z This object has long puzzled antiquarians, and though it is continually recurring in the sculptures from Nineveh, it has not yet been fully explained. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z Short is thy life, if thou so soon must fade, Like angry Jonah's gourd at Nineveh, That, in a night, its bloomy branches spread, And perish'd with the day.— The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z On the morrow Sennacherib arose, and saw the dead bodies, and turned with great shame back to the city of Nineveh. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z X lay on a rug at the edge of the raft and I sat beside her, reading aloud the Prophetic utterances on Nineveh. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z Not the least interesting of this long list of temples and cities are Aššur and Nineveh, of which we have here the earliest mention. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z Nineveh never wielded armies equal to those of the French Napoleon and the German William, and Rome never had an empire equal to that which is headed by London. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z A Nineveh where Oronoque descends With waves discolour'd from the Andes high, Winding himself around a hundred isles Where golden buildings glitter o'er his tide. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z Go to the city of Nineveh, and announce there the words which I say to thee. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z Two plaster casts of monuments from Nineveh, now in the British Museum, with cuneiform inscriptions. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z Berosus, however, states that, after the siege of Jerusalem, which ended so disastrously for him, he abode at Nineveh only “a little while” before he was murdered. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z Forbes was dumfounded to learn that the modern Babylon plus Nineveh, New York, could be sent to bed at one o'clock and forbidden to dance by daylight. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z After the fall of Nineveh, Media, Babylonia, and Lydia had continued to exist side by side in peace and friendship. The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z Then again came the word of God to the prophet, and said, "Arise now, and go to the great city Nineveh, and preach as I before said to thee." The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z The latter offered a long and stubborn defence, and when at length the walls of Nineveh were broken through, he burnt himself in the citadel. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z And there is much more in the same strain that the Hebrew Oracle of Nahum concerning the fall of Nineveh gives. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z Let them visit Mesopotamia, and see what desolation reigns where Nineveh and Babylon once stood. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z The execution in detail is careful, but flatter and duller than at Nineveh. The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z Jonah was not really entertained for three days in a whale's belly, nor did his preaching convert the whole city of Nineveh. The Book Of God In The Light Of The Higher Criticism 2011-11-24T03:00:46.897Z So we may assume that the Persian songs gave similar prominence to the contests before Nineveh and Pasargadæ. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z In the conclusion at which we have arrived we are greatly strengthened by the discovery in Babylonian ruins of certain bowls; facsimiles and descriptions of which are given in Layard's Nineveh and Babylon, pp. 510-526. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z When grown to womanhood, she married the governor of Nineveh, and assisted him in the siege and conquest of Bactria. Nature and Culture 2011-11-17T03:00:34.107Z Steep mounds of débris and heaps of ruins rise thickly on the left bank of the Shapur, in appearance closely resembling the remains of Babylon and Nineveh. The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z In France, 78,000 francs have been voted by the National Assembly for excavations at Nineveh. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z After a war of five years, peace was established between them by Nabopolassar of Babylon and Syennesis of Cilicia, in order to set the power of Media free to act against Nineveh. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z The Christian historian Orosius also knows that Zoroaster was from Bactria, but he already connects Zoroaster with the history of Nineveh and Babylon, and makes Ninus make war against him and conquer him. Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland 2011-10-31T02:00:30.820Z On this road marched Abraham two thousand years before me, and Jacob returning from Padan-Aram, and Jonah going to Nineveh, and all Israel in chains to Babylon. Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z Now Assyria had many other large cities, but the most famous and strongest of them was Babylon, where their kings dwelt after the destruction of Nineveh. The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z His new book, Fresh Discoveries in Nineveh, will soon be published by Mr. Putnam. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z This prince collected all his subjects and marched against Nineveh, in order to avenge the death of his father and destroy the city. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z He then led his conquering troops northwards to the sources of the Tigris and the Euphrates, so that the kings of Damascus, Nineveh, and Assur became his vassals, and paid tribute to Egypt. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z Near Nineveh Heraclius fell in with the Persian home army and inflicted on it a decisive defeat. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z Had the fish cast up Jonah in the streets of Nineveh the people would probably have been affrighted, and fancied them both devils. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z Dr. H. Weissenborn has printed in Stuttgart, Nineveh and its Territory, in respect to the latest excavations in the valley of the Tigris. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z Again Alexander and Darius stood face to face, this time upon the plain of Nineveh at Gaugamela, the Camel's House, beyond the swift Tigris. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Two large obelisks were transported from Egypt to Nineveh in 664 B.C. by Assurbanipal. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z Meanwhile Uncle Catullus had duly succeeded in acquiring the embroideries from Tyre and Nineveh at a really laughable price and presented them to his nephew, who of course paid for them in his stead. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Unlike Prussia 315 or Austria who fought for months, or Spain who fought for years, after their capitals were taken:— "Like Nineveh, Carthage, Babylon and Rome, France yields to the conqueror, vanquished at home." Napoleon's Letters to Josephine 2011-09-23T02:00:21.947Z The great province of Mesopotamia, where formerly stood Babylon and Nineveh, forms the south-eastern limit of the Turkish Empire. Turkey Peeps at Many Lands 2011-09-21T02:00:31.190Z The library of Nineveh was stocked with tablets intended to facilitate the study of the old language of Chaldaea. A Primer of Assyriology 2011-09-14T02:00:47.990Z You have heard of the colossal grandeur of Babylon and Nineveh, and the might of Babylonia and Assyria. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z Then, however, they displayed embroidery from Nineveh and Tyre; and Lucius turned a little pale, because he thought of Ilia. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Elam, Nineveh, Babylon were vague and lovely names, and the total ruin of these worlds meant as little to us as their very existence. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z The northern province of Nineveh, as well as Salahuddin and Diyala provinces, are still hotspots for al Qaeda, Iraqi security officials said. Analysis: Iraq al-Qaeda regroups, Shi'ite militias threaten 2011-08-28T14:06:41Z |
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