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[[File:مرقد الإمام يحيى أبو القاسم قبل تفجيره من قبل داعش.jpg|thumb|The Shrine of Imam Yahya Abu Al Qasim]]

[[File:Nineveh - Mashki Gate.jpg|thumb|Nineveh - Mashki Gate]]

'''Mosul''' ({{lang-ar|الموصل}} ''{{transl|ar|al-Mawṣil}}'', {{lang-syr|ܡܘܨܠ|Māwṣil}}<ref>{{cite web |title=List of all entries |url=http://www.assyrianlanguages.org/sureth/dosearch.php?searchkey=24840&language=id |website=Assyrian Languages |accessdate=10 March 2020}}</ref>) is a major city in northern [[Iraq]]. Located approximately {{convert|400|km|abbr=on}} north of [[Baghdad]], Mosul stands on the west bank of the [[Tigris]], opposite the ancient [[Old Assyrian Empire|Assyrian]] city of [[Nineveh]] on the east bank. The metropolitan area has grown to encompass substantial areas on both the "Left Bank" (east side) and the "Right Bank" (west side), as the two banks are described by the locals compared to the flow direction of Tigris.