Middle East, western Asia, and northern AfricaArchived 2014-09-11 at the वेबैक मशीन, Ali Aldosari, pp. 229, Marshall Cavendish, ISBN 978-0-7614-7571-2, ... Mosul is now Iraq's second-largest city, having overtaken the southern city of Basra in population. Due to its northern inland position, Mosul escaped the destruction that the Iran-Iraq War (1980s), the Gulf War (1991), and the Iraq War (2003) ...
Middle East, western Asia, and northern AfricaArchived 2014-09-11 at the वेबैक मशीन, Ali Aldosari, pp. 229, Marshall Cavendish, ISBN 978-0-7614-7571-2, ... Mosul is now Iraq's second-largest city, having overtaken the southern city of Basra in population. Due to its northern inland position, Mosul escaped the destruction that the Iran-Iraq War (1980s), the Gulf War (1991), and the Iraq War (2003) ...