Maao said that in the Yazidi story, God rewarded this angel (which they believe was a spirit called Melek Tawûs) for his ...

Politicians and the public are convinced that spending more money on weaponry automatically raises an army’s effectiveness on the battlefield ...

A stunning 12-ton relief depicting Assyrian deities has been uncovered beneath the ancient palace of King Ashurbanipal.

The Assyrian Empire shaped the ancient world for centuries. At its height, it stretched from the Persian Gulf to Egypt, ...

When tyranny advances, it often wears a flag, marches in formation, and calls itself ‘law and order.” The boots have ...

On June 29, 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that capital punishment, as then administered by individual states, was ...

The relief shows the seventh-century BC ruler of the Assyrian empire alongside two prominent deities and other figures. It ...

A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.

In his fourth documentary, Bernard-Henri Lévy chronicles the everyday heroism of Ukrainians—and holds out hope even Americans ...

The World Bank has approved a $930M loan for Iraq's Railway Expansion and Modernization Project (IREM), a key first step for the Development Road initiative.

In this type of situation, the burden of proof lies with the person “just asking the question,” especially when those ...