Despite geopolitical tensions, dozens of Jews, including Israelis, have journeyed to shrine in Kurdish city of Alqosh since ...

Real-estate development has been allowed on important sites such as Al-Hira, the pre-Islamic capital of southern Iraq, which now partly lies under the Najaf airport; Old Basra, one of the largest ...

For some people, spending two straight years in Iraq would be a nightmare. For Suzanne Bott of Tucson, it's a dream. Tucsonan helping preserve Iraq's prized historic sites ...

Iraq has one of the highest numbers of missing persons in the world, estimated between 250,000 and 1 million, many of whom are believed to be buried in mass graves.

Almost three quarters of the globe's cultural and natural heritage sites are threatened by too little or too much water, the ...

From the Sphinx to the Terracotta Army, photos show 10 historical sites when they were discovered and after they were excavated. ... now modern-day Iraq, and was constructed around 2100 BC.

The modern world, crafted in the image of the West, has always had its enforcers – figures who, under the banner of ...

Iran relations highlight differences between the countries’ views, but others have presented real opportunities for ...

It happened early in the US invasion, and quickly.On 10 April 2003, the first looters entered the National Museum of Iraq as American troops advanced into Baghdad.. Over the next 36 hours, these ...

The horrors of war, its long legacy, and its lost lives and heritage haunt Iraq two decades after the US invasion. “One of my earliest memories is from a week or so before the invasion ...

The strikes appear to have blocked several tunnel entrances leading into the underground facility with debris and dirt, per ...