Erbil launches a major restoration of its historic Qashla and Arab quarters, renovating 30 traditional homes to create a ...

As the world’s earliest known civilization developed in Mesopotamia…as Genghis Khan worked to create the largest contiguous land empire in history…as the Ottomans occupied European and Asian lands for ...

Erbil Citadel is a fortified settlement on top of an imposing ovoid-shaped tell (a hill created by many generations of people living and rebuilding on the same spot) in the Kurdistan region, Erbil ...

ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - High on a rocky outcrop, just 50 miles from the fighting that is wrecking historic sites across Iraq, workers are busy laying out floor tiles, determined to save at least one ...

06 February 2011 "People know so little about the Citadel because of lack of education," said Kanaan Mufti.

The Dwin Dam project, once completed, will store 100 million cubic meters of water and boost agriculture, sustainability, and ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — After receiving unanimous approval from the Metro City Council Thursday night, Erbil has now become the first city in the Middle East to be named one of Nashville’s sister ...

Butterflies fluttered among the sassafras leaves near President Andrew Jackson’s grave at The Hermitage on Thursday, as a group of foreign dignitaries who traveled from more than 6,500 miles away ...

The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to ...