As Kurds themselves face persecution from both Turkey and Iran, their violence against Assyrians has only intensified through ...

Before the Library of Alexandria there was the Library of Ashurbanipal – an Assyrian king who collected the knowledge of ...

Mosul's lineage is also rich in history and lessons about modern Iraq. In about 850 BC, an Assyrian king, Assurnasirpal II, chose the city of Nimrud - near present-day Mosul - to build the capital ...

Mosul’s Old City, once a battleground, is now home to a breathtaking work of art: two majestic alabaster gates adorned with ...

An ISIS militant uses a power tool to destroy an Assyrian winged bull at the Mosul Museum, Iraq. Ten years ago, the world witnessed a tragic moment as Daesh, a terrorist organization, filmed the ...

The scars of ISIS still linger in Iraq, and the threat of extremism has not vanished. But hope has taken root in the ...

In 2014, the IS terrorist group took control of the Iraqi city of Mosul, systematically destroying ... reconstruction.It was a war against the country's long history: In 2014, the terrorist ...

Since Oct. 16, when Iraqi forces launched a large-scale offensive on Mosul to dislodge ISIS fighters ... Ivor Prickett and Emin Ozmen—have documented Iraq’s push against ISIS and the resulting ...

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — For over 850 years ... “The main goal of rebuilding churches today is to revive the history that our ancestors lived,” Hanno said. “When Mosul Christians come to ...

Iraq’s education system has been devastated by ISIS, but there’s still hope of avoiding a ‘lost generation’ Photographs by Diego Ibarra Sánchez After two years in the darkness, living in ...

MOSUL, Iraq — For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul until it was destroyed by the Islamic State group in 2017.