Nineveh


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an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris across from the modern city of Mosul in the northern part of what is now known as Iraq

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Nineveh Police Chief Hamad Namis al-Jubouri said that security forces had managed to capture Hussein Salim Yassin Mustafa, who had been in charge of recruitment for the terrorist group.
"The arrival of Iraqi security forces to Mosul cheered up the citizens and displaced people," the Governor of Nineveh, Nofal Hammadi said in a press statement, Iraqi News reported.
The Nineveh Tribes' leaders and the Provincial Council members held a meeting last week in Duhok city to condemn the inhuman actions and crimes committed by Islamic State (ISIS) fighters.
The ruins of Nineveh were identified on December 22, 1853, by the archaeologist Henry Layard.
Nineveh's move could strengthen Kurdistan's position in its long-running dispute with Baghdad.
London, May 6 ( ANI ): The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, was located 300 miles to the north in Babylon's greatest rival Nineveh, a leading Oxford-based historian has claimed.
clashes in Nineveh Governorate in northern Iraq, a security source said.
"Nineveh operational command has begun the 'Nineveh Wall' plan, aimed at remnants of terrorist groups and high value targets using high level intelligence," said Hassan Kareem, the head of security operations in Nineveh province, of which Mosul is capital.
Nineveh: Papers of the [XLIX.sup.e] Rencontre Assyriologique International, London, 7-11 July 2003.
Rudyard Kipling, the bard of Imperial Britain during the 19th century, marked the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897 with a poem that reflected on the ephemeral character of empire: Far-called, our navies melt away; On dune and headland sinks the fire: Lo, all our pomp of yesterday / Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!
Is Nineveh chosen because it is the worst city imaginable?
Continued population growth, expansion of consumption patterns, and maldistribution of power are in the way of a sustainable society: that's the ongoing argument of One With Nineveh, a focus on politics and the human future which provides a cautionary story of pride and the results of ignoring environmental signs.
God through Jonah threatened to destroy Nineveh. "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me" (Jonah 1:2).