The Tower of Babel was a symbol of the might of the ancient city of Babylon, but why does it no longer exist? Or did it ever.

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Its characteristic feature was its bell tower — the first ever bell tower in the country. It was a gift from Napoleon III's wife, Empress Eugénie de Montijo, to the Dominicans who ran the ...

WASHINGTON — The United States on Wednesday attributed the drone attack that killed three U.S. service members in Jordan to the Islamic Resistance in Iraq ... 40 troops at Tower 22, a secretive ...

While previous U.S. responses in Iraq and Syria have been more limited, the attack on Tower 22, as the Jordan outpost is known, and the deaths of the three service members crossed a line ...