State pledges support to the province of Nineveh in all areas
الموصل - نوفل الراوي MOSUL - Nawfal al-Rawi
Nineveh governor called Liberation of Iraq the United States in cooperation with the province in the humanitarian, cultural and economic development, while promising, Deputy Assistant U.S. Secretary of State Michael Corbin return the province to its former level.
Nujaifi said in a joint press conference with Corbin in the city of Mosul yesterday, "We discussed some issues relating to civilian cooperation between Nineveh and the United States, especially after the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the province and Iraq in general."
He expected the governor of Nineveh province to "take civilian cooperation between the two sides a range of good," and added that "this cooperation is different from the military cooperation," adding that the people of Nineveh "are waiting for the United States to cooperate in the fields of humanitarian, cultural and economic to the United States has the capabilities and possibilities in these areas. "
In turn, Deputy Assistant U.S. Secretary of State Michael Corbin "The United States undertakes a close relationship with Iraq, with an emphasis on the relationship with Nineveh," adding, "We want to contribute to the re-preservation of the status of the past."
He added that his talks with officials in Nineveh, which resulted in agreement that the United States to provide support to the agricultural sectors, economic, educational and social development through the exchange of experiences and joint work, as well as consolidate the competencies of the judiciary and security through training on the basis of advanced investigations and dealing with violators of the laws.
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Nineveh
(Ninevehnĭn'əvə), ancient city, capital of the Assyrian Empire, on the Tigris River opposite the site of modern Mosul, Iraq. A shaft dug at Nineveh has yielded a pottery sequence that can be equated with the earliest cultural development in N Mesopotamia. The old capital, Assur, was replaced by Calah, which seems to have been replaced by Nineveh. Nineveh was thereafter generally the capital, although Sargon built Dur Sharrukin (Khorsabad) as his capital. Nineveh reached its full glory under Sennacherib and Assurbanipal. It continued to be the leader of the ancient world until it fell to a coalition of Babylonians, Medes, and Scythians in 612 B.C. and the Assyrian Empire came to an end. Excavations, begun in the middle of the 19th cent., have revealed an Assyrian city wall with a perimeter of c.7.5 mi (12 km). The palaces of Sennacherib and Assurbanipal, containing magnificent sculptures, have been discovered, as well as Assurbanipal's library, including over 20,000 cuneiform tablets. The city is mentioned often in the Bible.
