Shia Muslims associate Tasu'a, observed on the ninth day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar, with Hazrat Abbas (PBUH), ...

Mesopotamia some 6000 years ago, one of the cradle of civilizations and the birthplace of the first writing system. In the ...

Syria reaffirms commitment to Iraq's Euphrates water share (58% of Turkey's flow) amid scarcity crisis. Joint monitoring station planned as Turkey must maintain 500m³/sec minimum. Iraq seeks increased ...

The Iraqi government is preparing to construct four new desalination plants in the southern Iraqi province of Basra.

It's widely considered one of the cradles of civilisation. But a new study has revealed that people living in ancient Egypt ...

Are you as assured as Ashurbanipal about your knowledge of Mesopotamia, or as dim as Nimrud?

Turkish President Erdoğan has agreed to increase water flow to Iraq's Tigris & Euphrates rivers to 420 m³/s, following a ...

The June 22 attack on the Mar Elias Church in Damascus underscores the threat of extremism in Syria even after the fall of Assad. The new government must demonstrate control and protect minorities.

Al-Mashhadani urged Turkish authorities to ease residency procedures and prevent the sudden deportation of Iraqi residents, which he said causes significant social and economic hardships.

In the course of a collaboration with the University of Baghdad, LMU's Enrique Jiménez has rediscovered a text that had been ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani met with his Turkish counterpart Numan Kurtulmus in ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Turkey has agreed to increase the release of water into the Tigris and Euphrates rivers by 420 ...