The translation of ancient Assyrian writing into modern languages was a challenge that had long vexed historians. Three ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq has secured its water rights from Turkey for a decade and is improving water flow through ...

Iraqi engineers are warning that a dam which sits just above the bustling city of Mosul in Iraq is ready ... to move at least 6km from the river Tigris, was "ridiculous". The US embassy in Baghdad ...

Over the past decade, repeated droughts have devastated the agricultural sector and led to the desertification of 39% of Iraq’s land, with another 54% facing degradation risk. Levels of the Tigris and ...

Meanwhile, an air strike reportedly hit another bridge in Mosul, as troops advanced further into eastern areas. There is now only one functioning bridge left spanning the River Tigris, which flows ...

CAIRO, March 23 (Reuters) - Iraq plans to raise oil production capacity to more than 6 million barrels per day (bpd) by 2029, the state news agency reported Iraq's oil ministry as saying on Sunday.

Sunny with a high of 66 °F (18.9 °C). Winds SSW at 11 mph (17.7 kph). Night - Partly cloudy. Winds variable at 4 to 10 mph (6.4 to 16.1 kph). The overnight low will be 46 °F (7.8 °C). Partly ...

"Trump is obligated to withdraw his forces from Iraq by the end of 2025, and they must abide by their pledges to the Iraqi government," Firas al-Yasser, a member of the Nujaba Movement's Political ...

Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not ...

MOSUL, Iraq -- A nun was on her knees at the altar ... but we fear Iran or other groups that will provoke troubles here to profit from the situation." Straddling the Tigris River, Mosul traces its ...

two Sumerian city-states – Lagash and Umma – were engaged in a fierce war over a strip of fertile land and a canal fed by the Tigris River in what today would be southern Iraq. The conflict ...

The head of a lamassu statue, an ancient Assyrian deity often depicted as a winged-bull with a human head, lies in the archaeological site of Nimrud, south of Mosul ... Iraq. (Chris McGrath/Getty ...