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A rare geological formation resembling a miniature version of the Euphrates and Tigris river systems has emerged in the ...

Geography and its ecosystems uniquely shape the connections and boundaries that define regions. While society may seek to ...

Hospitals strain, civilians flee and shelters fill as the worst violence since Assad’s fall grips Syria’s former commercial ...

The US is scrambling to contain a worsening clash between two of its military partners in Syria, as the country’s new ...

Many people associate the wise men with Christmas, but January 6 is traditionally the day in the Church calendar that ...

How six elections since the ouster of Saddam’s dictatorship have remade Iraq an electoral autocracy but not a functional state, writes Salah Nasrawi ...

Iraq starts 2026 with a difficult combination of political upheaval, ambitious development goals, and ongoing security, ...

Epiphanies come, as epiphanies do, in unexpected and often far-flung settings. For trumpeter Amir ElSaffar, three such ...

The Iraqi government is planning to launch an artificial rainfall effort using cloud seeding technology amid increased ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Several dams in the eastern district of Koya in Erbil province have overflowed following days of ...

The Louvre Museum will showcase The Primeval Water exhibition from May 20, 2026, to March 15, 2027, in the Antiquities of the Orient galleries. This exhibit will explore how Mesopotamian civilizations ...