In June 2014, ISIS launched an all-out offensive in northern and western Iraq, seizing large swathes of territory, including ...

Government forces recaptured Nimrud as part of a wider assault on Mosul, the last major IS stronghold in Iraq. Warplanes bombed IS positions in Mosul's airport, on the southern outskirts ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Ancient Nineveh and Nimrud, two of the world's greatest ancient archaeological treasures, are in serious danger of being lost forever. For the last decade, looting, war damage, lack ...