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In the ruins of the ancient Assyrian metropolis Nineveh, in modern Iraq, researchers have unearthed a rare artifact: a massive stone relief depicting important deities and Ashurbanipal, the last great ...

The repairs to this site which is in the old city of Mosul on the western bank of the Tigris river that runs through the city, is an important accomplishment. A general view of the Grand Al-Nuri ...

It skims a pinched corner of north-east Syria and then passes through the cities of Mosul, Tikrit and Samarra on its way to Baghdad. In southern Iraq, the sprawling Mesopotamian Marshes absorb the ...

In Turkey, navigating the river is difficult because of a series of highly contentious dam-building projects. In Syria, the Tigris is an international border. It wasn't until Mosul, a city carved ...

It was the river that is said to have watered ... down air-conditioning for millions. The Tigris, the lifeline connecting the storied cities of Mosul, Baghdad and Basra, has been choked by dams ...

An international group of archaeologists have unearthed a 3,400-year-old city under the Tigris River in the Kurdistan ... region — emerged out of the Mosul reservoir, on the Tigris in Kemune ...

A team of German and Kurdish archaeologists have uncovered a 3400-year-old Mittani Empire-era city once located on the Tigris River. The settlement emerged from the waters of the Mosul reservoir ...

Famed for its silks, Mosul was an economic hub of the ancient Silk Road, thanks in part to Yemeni artisans who settled there. Its bustling souks and soaring minarets, straddling the Tigris River ...

For now, at least, her memories of the ferry disaster on the Tigris River in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul are detached from the darker reality. “I was on the ferry with my friend and her ...

(CNN) -- An overcrowded ferry capsized in the Tigris River near Mosul, killing at least 102 people during Nowruz and Mother's Day celebrations on Thursday, officials said. Among the victims were ...