Halabja, site of 1988 chemical attack, becomes Iraq's 19th governorate. Explores new opportunities, political dynamics, security concerns & historic female governor.

With Iraq currently in the world's spotlight, trace its beginnings in Mesopotamia - its name in ancient times. Mesopotamia has been called the 'cradle of civilisation' because agriculture, animal ...

NIPPUR MAP TABLET. DATE: ca. 1500 B.C. MATERIAL: Clay. DIMENSIONS: 5 inches by 4.3 inches. FOUND: Nippur, Iraq. For the busy farmers of the Babylonian sacred city of Nippur, ready access to water ...

Archaeologists have identified the site of an ancient battle in what is now Iraq by comparing historical ... he plotted a series of circles on the map using distances mentioned in the historical ...

Iraq invaded Iran on 22 September 1980 ... against his own people - the Kurds of Halabja - whom he considered a treacherous fifth column. In the "war of the cities", both sides pounded their adversary ...