For this reason, Cyrus became (and remains) a legendary figure in Jewish history, though he was not Jewish himself. He was more likely a devotee of Zoroastrianism, which was fervently embraced by his ...

UNESCO's World Heritage Committee voted on Friday to list the sprawling Mesopotamian metropolis of Babylon as a World Heritage Site after three decades of lobbying efforts by Iraq. Iraq had been ...

RUINS OF BABYLON, Iraq (Reuters) - The ancient city of Babylon, first referenced in a clay tablet from the 23rd century B.C., was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site on Friday, after a vote that ...

Two historic churches in Mosul, Iraq, have officially reopened after years of restoration, nearly a decade after their destruction during the Islamic State's occupation, a rare moment of revival for ...

In Qaraqosh, Iraq's largest Christian town, entire neighborhoods were emptied. ISIS looted homes and burned churches, turning ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Iraqi Turkmen Front said Iraq’s quota system to reserve parliamentary seats for minorities has ...

This 8th-century miniature, by the Spanish monk Beatus of Liébana, depicts the Bible story of Babylonian King Nebuchadrezzar eating grass as divine punishment. Photograph by Granger Collection/Age ...

Project Babylon was Saddam Hussein’s audacious plan to build the world’s largest artillery piece in the 1980s. Its intended use: launching satellites - or devastating projectiles. Canadian engineer ...

Luis Angel Bellaba’s Aquelarre has taken all Spanish rights to Mohamed al-Daradji’s “Son of Babylon,” Iraq’s foreign-language film Oscar entry. An elegiac tale of a 12-year-old Kurdish boy’s odyssey ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. After a bloody battle with insurgents in Fallouja in April 2004 in which ...