For Assyrians in today's Iraq, this monumental event holds profound lessons and inspiration. The Egyptian example ...

The sculpture of the Assyrian deity Lamassu was commissioned during the reign of King Sargon II, who ruled from 722 to 705 BC. (AFP pic) A dig in northern Iraq has unearthed a 2,700-year-old alabaster ...

Two vast reproduction Assyrian statues were unveiled in Iraq on Thursday as part of a project designed to restore the cultural heritage of Mosul, an ancient city badly damaged by recent conflicts. The ...

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Hadi Hassan, a major in the Iraqi Army, stood by two Humvees outside the Nebi Yunus mosque in Mosul, Iraq. A bear of a man, he had a pistol in a drop-holster and three mobile phones. On top of the ...

When I meet Nineb Lamassu at England's Cambridge University, where he's a researcher, he transports us to his Middle Eastern homeland by opening his computer and playing me a recording of a man ...

Nineb Lamassu is a poet, researcher, activist and Assyrian linguist. He has written many poems and published his work in the Assyrian and English languages. On his visit to Australia to catch up with ...

Activist and poet Nineb Lamassu works in Iraq as Peace adviser to the non government organisation Un Ponte Per (A Bridge to). This humanitarian organisation works on many projects especially the ones ...

The Hanna brothers, who immigrated to the United States from Syria, were honored for their contributions through their company, Lamassu Biotech, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical firm. The ...

When I meet Nineb Lamassu at England's Cambridge University, where he's a researcher, he transports us to his Middle Eastern homeland by opening his computer and playing me a recording of a man ...