Nineveh was the capital of the Assyrian empire. Researchers from the University of Heidelberg have made a spectacular ...

The world's first cities developed in what is now southern ... reported the Penn Museum helped to make a historic find in northern Iraq — an Assyrian palace in the ancient city of Nimrud.

Archaeologists in northern Iraq have uncovered some extraordinary ... Iraq was home to some of the world’s oldest cities and earliest civilizations, including the Babylonians, the Sumerians ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq -The Islamic State caliphate ... it continues to pose a danger in the areas where it still has strength, the northern cities between Salah al-Din, Kirkuk and the Mam Mountains.

Injured guests were also transferred to hospitals in the nearby cities of Mosul ... 2014 during its years-long grip on power in northern Iraq, triggering an exodus of refugees.

Ancient rock carvings that are believed to be more than 2,700 years old have been unearthed by a team of archaeologists in Iraq's northern city ... s most ancient cities, including Babylon.

In 2014, the Islamic State advanced into Iraq from Syria and took over parts of Anbar province, eventually expanding into the northern part ... in major Iraqi cities, criticizing the burning ...

It was part of the wider Anfal genocide plan enacted against the Kurds in Iraq by Saddam’s regime. Halabja is a Kurdish area in northern Iraq. Rudaw, a Kurdish news channel, reported on Tuesday ...