The discoveries were focused on the Al-Shabakah area, which was once a large lake during the Pleistocene epoch but is now a ...

Researchers have been exploring Iraq’s Western Desert to decode its geomorphological history and search for traces of early ...

The premise of aiming to affect, influence and control will and perception must be the key to a strategy of shock and awe.

Ella Egberts (VUB) traveled to Iraq in November and December as part of a pilot project to search for archaeological surface ...

It was sparked by Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait. The war unfolded in two key phases: Operation Desert Shield, which focused on troop deployment and defending Saudi Arabia, and Operation ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A second mass grave in under a month containing the remains of 155 Kurds massacred by the former Iraqi regime decades ago was exhumed on Sunday in Iraq’s southern Muthanna ...

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A Sumerian palace that was discovered in the Iraq desert could contain the key to understanding one of the first human civilisations, archaeologists have revealed. Since 2015, a team of British ...

Southern Iraq's marshlands were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage ... "Before, when we used to come to the marshes, there was greenery, water, inner peace," he added. "Now it's like a desert." ...

One of the world's oldest churches is crumbling deep in Iraq's desert, another victim of years of conflict, government negligence and climate change in a country with a rich heritage. After Pope ...