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Mosul sowing seeds post-Islamic State

The Mosul local government in cooperation with civil society is undertaking a project to plant a million trees in Mosul.
A woman walks in between newly planted trees in Iraq's northern city of Mosul, on January 23, 2019, as the war-ravaged city gets a facelift following three years of brutal rule by the Islamic State group. (Photo by Zaid AL-OBEIDI / AFP)        (Photo credit should read ZAID AL-OBEIDI/AFP via Getty Images)

Following years of neglect and environmental abuse, the new governor of Ninevah province, Najm al-Jabouri, announced last June, a project to plant 1 million trees in an effort to revive Mosul, a city that is also known as al-Khaḍrah, which translates to "The Green."

Subsequently, many projects were launched and some have been finalized already. For instance, on July 15, a tree planting project at Mosul’s central transportation hub was completed by a group of youth volunteers.

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