Hand axes discovered in Iraqi desert may go back 1.5 million years
Ella Egberts (VUB) traveled to Iraq in November and December as part of a pilot project to search for archaeological surface ...
‘1.5 million-year-old’ hand axes, 850 artifacts unearthed in Iraq’s dried-up lake
Interestingly, all the artifacts were found on the surface of the ground, not buried deep in the soil. These artifacts ...
Trump’s mass deportations aren’t ‘shock and awe’
The premise of aiming to affect, influence and control will and perception must be the key to a strategy of shock and awe.
Iraq's ancient lake bed reveals hand axes dating back 1.5 million years
The discoveries were focused on the Al-Shabakah area, which was once a large lake during the Pleistocene epoch but is now a ...
The Desert Hippie: A sanctuary for the Basin in their search for inner peace
The Desert Hippie in Midland is a new-age holistic healing and wellness center for the mind, body, and soul. Amber Kiker and ...
Big winners at Sundance 2025: An Iraq War satire, profiles of Black farmers, a true-crime dissection
"Atropia," a satire of the Iraq War and military contractors' efforts to prepare soldiers to fight overseas, was one of the big winners at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival's awards ceremony.
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The Iraq War Was the Conflict No One Prepared For
And because the U.S. military was unprepared for the kind of fight it found itself in during the Iraq War, the lessons to be learned is that the Americans should not become so rigid on things like ...
U.S. Funding Freeze Threatens Security at ISIS Camps in Syria
A halt in foreign aid may undermine American organizations’ support for forces that guard the two largest camps holding ...
‘Ticking time bomb’: how the fall of Syria’s prison camps could unleash 1000s of terrorists on the world
In a desolate expanse of north-east Syria, where there is little more than dirt and dust, the sprawling Al-Hol camp rises ...
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4 IS militants killed in airstrikes in central Iraq
Acting on intelligence reports, Iraqi forces spotted four IS militants in the Zarga area, a rugged area between the provinces of Salahudin and Kirkuk, and killed them all in two airstrikes on their ...