COMMENTARY: War-torn Syria was the site 10 years ago of one of the saddest and triumphant human rights crises in history.

Cuneiform culture lasted for nearly three millennia -- half of recorded ... (In the long run, the Elamites did rise against Assyria, even though the divination said they wouldn't; but divinations came ...

The church for decades has been a place of worship for Assyrians who fled persecution in the Middle East and also has been a ...

Everything about baklava is deceptively complex. To begin with, its origin: is it Ancient Greek? Turkish? Arabic? Assyrian? Central Asian? We’ll get to that soon. The dish itself, too, has parallels ...

Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...

Did you know that Indigenous Australians have been using fire to care for the land for tens of thousands of years? Evidence ...

BAGHDAD, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's culture and foreign ministries announced Tuesday the retrieval of antiquities from Switzerland and Japan.

An ISIS militant uses a power tool to destroy an Assyrian winged bull at the Mosul Museum ... This was part of a broader campaign to erase Mosul's rich cultural heritage, including the ancient city of ...

The spread of Ultimate Frisbee testifies to a kind of Western soft power in the Middle East, one far friendlier than bombs or ...

The report by Open Doors ranks the country among the top 50 in the world with the most cases of abuse, violence, targeted attacks and murders. The minority is the “most persecuted” and in ...