But Bashar al-Assad's regime never recognised it and, despite his fall from power, its future remains uncertain. As well as more than a decade of civil war, the Syrian Kurds have faced years of ...

The Tigris and Euphrates rivers are key water sources for Iraq. About 75 percent of Iraq’s water comes from neighboring Iran and Turkey, and 20 to 25 percent is from internal sources.

Instead of presenting history as a fragmented series of dates and events, the human journey framework weaves these elements into a story of resilience and transformation. It invites students to see ...

As the Assad regime collapsed in late 2024, the Turkish-backed SNA launched a new offensive to capture territory west of the River Euphrates from the SDF. Now battles have reached areas near Kobane.

Public ceremonies, lavish processions, and temporary wooden arches were commonplace after victory in Ancient Rome. But during the height of its power, the emperor decided to change that and leave a ...

Shubber emphasized the significant role of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in supplying Iraq's water resources and highlighted the high risk of their decline due to ongoing climate challenges.

The Lord's Prayer begins, "Our Father which art in heaven ... the Near East with the great river valleys then as the main source areas, the Nile, the Tigris-Euphrates, and then over in India ...

From the carefully constructed streets of Indus Valley to Egypt's lofty pyramids, from the heavens' wisdom of the Maya to the written records of the Sumerians, the earliest civilisations set the stage ...

It is a magnificent work of art, carved in the city of Nineveh ... a name that translates as ‘between the rivers’ – in other words the ‘Fertile Crescent’ that spreads out from the Tigris and the ...