In this "world," the people inhabiting Mesopotamia—what is now Iraq and part of Syria—believed ... Imago Mundi is an ancient map that not only opens the door to understanding Babylonian ...

The US-led coalition against so-called Islamic State (IS) says 98% of territory once claimed by the jihadist group across Iraq and Syria has been recaptured. Iraq's government announced in ...

Sunni Arab militants from the al Qaeda splinter group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS (also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL), have gained control ...

The priceless treasures of Syria's history – of Crusader castles, ancient mosques and churches ... The destruction of Iraq's heritage in the anarchic aftermath of the Anglo-American invasion ...

Hundreds of Roman Empire forts popped up in old spy satellite imagery depicting regions of Syria, Iraq and nearby "fertile crescent" territories of the eastern Mediterranean. These satellites were ...

Syria and Iran. But Christians there survived the latest onslaught, this time by Islamic State militants who took over one third of Iraq between 2014 and 2017, including the city of Mosul ...