1. Mosul - Noun
2. Mosul - Proper noun
a city in northern Iraq on the Tigris across from the ruins of Nineveh
Source: WordNet2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment soldier, assisting in the critical job of "boresighting" the alignment of all the tank's sights to the center of the axis of the bore of the main gun on an M1A1 Abrams in Mosul, Iraq in January 2005. Source: Internet
After beating ISIL in Mosul, a tattered economy and mass devastation makes rebuilding Iraq's second city daunting task. Source: Internet
A man carries his daughter while escaping the Islamic State-controlled part of Mosul and making his way towards Iraqi special forces during a battle in Mosul, Iraq on March 4, 2017. Source: Internet
After quickly sacking Mosul last June, one of the prizes the group likely looted was 88 pounds of Uranium compounds kept at Mosul University for research purposes. Source: Internet
Human Rights Watch also documented the use of so-called improvised rocket assisted munitions (IRAM) by Iraq’s Emergency Response Division and Federal Police during the fighting to retake Mosul from ISIS. Source: Internet
ABU GHADDUR, Iraq — U.S.-backed Iraqi forces on Sunday launched a multi-pronged assault to retake the town of Tal Afar, west of Mosul, marking the next phase in the country’s war on the Islamic State group. Source: Internet