Mesopotamian warfare was waged between rival city-states such as Ur, Lagash and Umma during earlier periods, and later ...

Essa is the only living Chaldean-American veteran of World War II. On June 6, 1944, he stormed the beaches of Normandy as a Private 1st Class under General Dwight Eisenhower to liberate Europe from ...

Israel has struck military tanks in southern Syria, where government forces and Bedouin tribes clash with Druze militias.

From tail-wagging agents of battle to divine deities, ancient Mesopotamia’s civilisations saw dogs as more than just pets. Discussing the civilisations’ attitude to their canines, Dr Moudhy Al-Rashid ...

In Total War: Pharaoh's Dynasties update, multiple new major factions are playable. Among them, Assyrian "King of the Universe" Ninurta-apal-Ekur is arguably the most brutal. To play as Assyria, to ...

Archaeologists who are excavating the ancient city of Nineveh in Iraq have discovered a rare stone carving depicting the last ruler of the Assyrian Empire flanked by important gods. The slab was ...

In the center of the relief stands Ashurbanipal, the last king of the Assyrian Empire, who ruled from 669 to 631 B.C. He is flanked by the ancient Mesopotamian gods Ashur and Ishtar, and they are ...