For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul ...

Audrey Azoulay visited Mosul on Wednesday to thank all the workers, architects and engi-neers who have successfully completed UNESCO's reconstruction ...

The IS fighters were not deterred by UNESCO World Heritage status and destroyed ancient cities such as Hatra and Nineveh.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused UNESCO’s secretariat of favoring interests that seek strategically weakening ...

A UN project to rebuild some of Iraq’s most famous religious sites has restored cultural vitality and social fabric to the ...

The Al-Hadba or "hunchback" minaret is part of the historic Al-Nuri Mosque from where former IS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in ...

Marking the International Day of Education, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has emphasized learning as a basic human ...

Mykola Tochytsky, the Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine, met with UNESCO Director-General Audrey ...

Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, has condemned the killing of journalist Gastón Medina in Ica, Peru, on 20 January ...

Ukraine has a very important Jewish heritage, which is also threatened by the war and must be protected. Thanks to the European Union, UNESCO will contribute to advancing historical research and ...

Historic buildings in Mosul, including churches and mosques, are being reopened following years of devastation resulting from ...