Showing posts with the label Iraq
Iraq: Dealing with captured ISIS members
Former Al Qaeda leader's sister gets death sentence for helping ISIL in Mosul
Iraq orders execution of foreign women for IS involvement
Iraqi court sentences 15 Turkish women to death over joining IS group
Rain uncovers 75 ancient artefacts in Iraq
Heavy rainfall has uncovered 75 ancient artefacts at the Borsippa archaeological site in the Iraqi province of Babylon, the authorities announced on Sunday. A team searches for ancient artefacts in I…
Iraq to deport suspected French jihadist who served sentence
Iraq: German schoolgirl, 17, turned jihadi bride escapes death penalty and is jailed for six years
Iraq foils smuggling of USD13 million antiquities smuggling to Turkey
Iraq has foiled an attempt to smuggle antiquities worth millions of dollars to Turkey, its interior ministry said on Saturday. A destroyed artifact is seen at a museum, where Islamic State militants …
Clay tablets from the cradle of civilisation provide new insight to the history of medicine
Before the Greeks excelled in science and philosophy, culture was blooming in Mesopotamia, located between the Euphrates River and the Tigris River in present day Iraq. Clay tablets from ancient Meso…
Riddles in time and space: Excavations at the settlement mound Gird-i Shamlu in Iraqi Kurdistan
When archaeologist Simone Mühl returned to the site of her excavations in last summer, she could hardly believe her eyes. The whole area was under water. When she had last seen it, the low mound at t…