CONSIDERING the never-ending spate of books dealing with the multitudinous aspects of the Great War, world-wide as it was, with a story in every continent, it is curious to reflect that the struggle ...

A mound in Syria now covered by a lake may have been a monument to the war dead of an ancient Mesopotamian settlement based at a site called Tell Banat. The six-story structure was built of lime-rich ...

This stone relief from the palace of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh (c. 645 BC) shows a snarling mastiff, one of the powerful dogs used to control lions during royal hunts. (Getty Images) Perceptions of ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Elliot Ackerman OUT OF MESOPOTAMIA By Salar Abdoh “We are not provided with wisdom,” Marcel ...

It was one of the fabled rivers of history and the Marines needed to cross it. In early April 2003, as American forces sought to wrap up their conquest of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, and take ...

An earthen mound in what is now Syria may be the oldest known war memorial in the world, constructed before 2300 BC. The remains of what could be foot soldiers and charioteers were buried in distinct ...

Here’s a pair of fascinating Pentagon charts. The one on the left is for U.S. male troops medically evacuated from the Iraq war over the past eight years; the one on the right tracks the same among ...

The nation of Iraq is an ancient country industrialized by its sale of oil. It is almost landlocked and bordered by several nations. Much of the country is desert. Fighting in the region is not new.