With the signing of an agreement between Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander ...

Just 48 hours after being named deputy mayor of his town, a veteran councillor found himself in Syria as part of a friendship ...

The irrigation network consists of over 200 primary canals, some of which stretch up to nine kilometers in length and are between two and five meters wide.

Opinion - When I was a student at Lukanga Adventist Secondary School, I was among the few privileged to deliver the grand ...

Conflicts leave scars on people—and on communities’ economic and social fabrics. Previous armed conflicts across Iraq have ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a vast network of canals underneath the world’s oldest city in Mesopotamia, shedding more light on the rise of farming in the region. Researchers, led by geoarchaeologist ...

The dam, on the Euphrates river, has become a flashpoint in the conflict ... “It’s a happy feeling because we are safe right now but we would be ready to go back for a second, third, fourth ...

Long ago, the Euphrates River shifted course ... While the discovery confirms the irrigation network's importance, ...

Researchers have identified an extensive Mesopotamian canal network that supplied ancient farms in the Eridu region with water from the Euphrates river before the first millennium B.C.

Some were forced to crawl besides the bloodied corpses of their neighbours as they were battered by branches. Others were dragged out of their homes and shot at point-blank range ...