MOSUL, Iraq: Iraqi officials on Thursday said Mosul’s once-celebrated museum had entered the final stages of restorations ahead of a planned 2026 reopening after being closed to the public for 20 years. The museum closed its doors in 2003, amid the chaos following the US-led invasion of Iraq, and was later ransacked by Daesh militants after they seized the city in 2014. “We
MOSUL, Iraq Iraqi officials on Thursday said Mosul’s once-celebrated museum had entered the final stages of restorations ahead of a planned 2026 reopening after being closed to the public for 20 years.The museum closed its doors in 2003, amid the chaos following the US-led invasion of Iraq, and was later ransacked by Daesh group terrorists after they seized the city in
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The United States promised its 2003 invasion would herald a new era of democracy for Iraq but, 20 years on, Iraqis across the country s sectarian, ethnic and political divides say they have yet to see.