The ancient city of Ashur is located on the Tigris River in northern Mesopotamia in a specific geo-ecological zone, at the borderline between rain-fed and irrigation agriculture. The city dates back ...

Located on an escarpment of the Upper Tigris River Basin that is part of the so-called Fertile Crescent, the fortified city of Diyarbakır and the landscape around has been an important centre since ...

Overloaded ferry sinks in Tigris near Iraq’s Mosul, killing at least 83 The accident occurred as scores of people were out in the tourist area celebrating the Kurdish new year and the arrival of ...