Archaeologists from Durham University and University of Al-Qadisiyah in Iraq have pinpointed the location of a famous early Islamic battle using declassified spy satellite images.

Declassified 1970s-era U.S. spy satellite imagery has led a British-Iraqi archeological team to what they believe is the site ...

The Battle of al-Qadisiyyah was a crucial victory for Arab Muslim forces of the Rashidun Caliphate over the Sasanian Empire.

Declassified 1970s-era U.S. spy satellite imagery has led a British-Iraqi archeological team to what they believe is the site of a 7th-century battle that became decisive in the spread of Islam ...

The oldest surviving world map, known as the Imago Mundi, offers a fascinating glimpse into ancient Babylonian life. Dating ...

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(Bloomberg) -- Turkish airstrikes hit 47 targets in northern Iraq and Syria in retaliation of a deadly attack in the capital that it’s blamed on Kurdish militants. Most Read from Bloomberg ...

In retaliation, Turkish jets have struck several targets in northern Syria and northern Iraq it says are operated by the PKK, with "many" militants killed as a result. The full scale of the ...

To fight forest fires, crews dig and scrape away any vegetation that may act as fuel, creating a physical line in the dirt where the fire can’t burn any farther. Bill Turner, the state’s ...

By Alissa J. Rubin Iraqi regulators have suspended the license of a Saudi-owned television channel and are taking steps to terminate its right to operate in Iraq after the channel aired a report ...

Hyeon-gyu Oh and Jae-sung Lee scored a goal each in the last 25 minutes of regulation time as South Korea beat Iraq 3-2 in their FIFA World Cup 2026 third-round qualifier on Tuesday. Though Iraq tried ...