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U.S. JETS FIRE FLARES TO WARN RUSSIAN JETS IN SYRIA
US jets fire flares to warn Russian jets in Syria... READ MORE›
US ECONOMISTS DECODE CHINA'S ECONOMY
American economists are paying close attention to how China's economy grows. Richard Cooper, forme... READ MORE›
US ECONOMISTS DECODE CHINA'S ECONOMY
American economists are paying close attention to how China's economy grows. Richard Cooper, forme... READ MORE›
US ECONOMISTS DECODE CHINA'S ECONOMY
American economists are paying close attention to how China's economy grows. Richard Cooper, forme... READ MORE›
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MAP: THERE ARE 10 WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN IRAQ AND SYRIA. NINE ARE IN DANGER.
Islamic State group jihadists seized Syria's Palmyra on Thursday, as UNESCO warned that the destruction of the ancient city would be an enormous loss to humanity... READ MORE›
THIS '800-YEAR-OLD MOBILE PHONE' IS PROOF ALIENS ARE AMONGST US. APPARENTLY.
They stated Searching the internet did help much as the information about the artefact is extremely limited... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE SHOWS IMAGES OF ANCIENT SYRIAN TEMPLE DESTRUCTION
Islamic State has proclaimed a caliphate to rule over all Muslims from territory it holds in both Syria and Iraq... READ MORE›
ISISS DESTRUCTION OF PALMYRA: THE HEART HAS BEEN RIPPED OUT OF THE CITY'
Isiss destruction of Palmyra The heart has been ripped out of the city'... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE DESTROYS 2,000-YEAR-OLD ARCH OF TRIUMPH IN PALMYRA
The Syrian presidency issued a rare condemnation of the destruction, describing it as Isil's revenge against a pluralistic history that threatens the extremist group's grand project... READ MORE›
BROKEN SYSTEM ALLOWS ISIS TO PROFIT FROM LOOTED ANTIQUITIES
Few objects have turned up so far that can be traced to the Islamic State's plunder... READ MORE›
EASTERN ALEPPO FACES ANNIHILATION SAYS UN SPECIAL ENVOY TO SYRIA
The UN special envoy to Syria Staffan De Mistura has said eastern Aleppo faces total destruction that will result in the deaths of thousands of civilians... READ MORE›
US-BACKED SYRIA FORCES RESUME FIGHTING NEAR TABQA DAM
Located about 40km from Raqqa, the dam is the biggest on the Euphrates... READ MORE›
U.S. COALITION JETS BOMB ISLAMIC STATE-HELD TOWN NEAR EUPHRATES DAM
The Euphrates Dam is one of the major sources of electicity in the country and crucial for irrigation of farms in the fertile region around Raqqa... READ MORE›
SIGN ME UP TO FIGHT ISLAMIC STATE'S DEMOLITION OF THE PAST
The jihadists ruthless assault on ancient sites is destroying humanity's shared history... READ MORE›
ANTI-ISIS FIGHTERS BATTLE TO RETAKE FALLUJA, RAQQA FROM ISIS
Security forces rapidly close in on key ISIS-held territories in Iraq and Syria, military officials say... READ MORE›
US AIRLIFT BACKS NEW ASSAULT NEAR RAQQA STRONGHOLD
US-led coalition aircraft have for the first time carried out an airlift of allied fighters battling the jihadist group Islamic State IS in Syria... READ MORE›
FAMOUS WRECK ISN'T DONE REVEALING ITS SECRETS
This shipwreck is far from exhausted a marine archaeologist with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution says in a press release... READ MORE›
RUSSIA DENIES AIRSTRIKE THAT WOUNDED SIX US-BACKED FIGHTERS
Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces say raid occurred on eastern side of Euphrates river in area liberated from Isis... READ MORE›
ISIS SEIZES GAS FIELD NEAR PALMYRA
ISIS Seizes Gas Field Near Palmyra In Syria, Islamic State Making A Comeback After US, Russian Airstrikes?... READ MORE›
ISIS HAVE USED EXPLOSIVES TO CAUSE 'SEVERE DAMAGE' TO THE BEL TEMPLE IN PALMYRA
Activists say Isis militants have purportedly set off an explosion that severely damaged the Bel Temple in the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria... READ MORE›
EXPERTS PREDICT ISIS SIEGE OF PALMYRA WILL END IN 'TOTAL DESTRUCTION'
Will isis siege of palmyra end in total destruction ? experts warn syria's glories of the ancient world will be blasted one by one... READ MORE›
U.S.-BACKED SYRIAN FORCE VOWS TO TAKE ALL MANBIJ FROM ISLAMIC STATE
The statement was read out on the banks of the Euphrates River by Manbij Military Council commander Adnan Abu Amjad... READ MORE›
US-BACKED SYRIA FORCES PAUSE OPERATIONS NEAR TABQA DAM
ISIL captured the dam and a nearby air base, located about 40 km upstream from Raqqa, at the height of its expansion in Syria and Iraq in 2014... READ MORE›
TABLETS RESCUED FROM IS REVEAL NEW PART OF EPIC OF GILGAMESH
Here's more from Ancient History All of the tablets were, to some degree, still covered with mud... READ MORE›
PRESIDENT MICHAEL D HIGGINS RELEASES TEXT OF FIRST NEW POEM SINCE ELECTION
The last book of poetry published and released by President Higgins was New and Selected Poems in 2011... READ MORE›
'NIGHTMARE OVER,' PALMYRA TO BE MOSTLY RESTORED BY END OF 2016
Losing Palmyra is one of ISIL's biggest setbacks since 2014, when it declared a caliphate across large parts of Syria and Iraq... READ MORE›
ISIS ATTACKS KILL AT LEAST 75 IN EASTERN SYRIA, REPORTS SAY
Wide-scale attacks on civilians and pro-government militiamen continued in the eastern city of Deir el-Zour, where the Islamic State group is making significant advances... READ MORE›
IS RELEASES IMAGES OF PALMYRA ANCIENT TEMPLE DESTRUCTION
UNESCO has described the temple and Palmyra's surrounding sites as symbols of Syria's historical cultural diversity, which it says Islamic State is seeking to obliterate... READ MORE›
4 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE WORLD'S FIRST SUPERHERO
Photo by Lucas licensed CC BY 2.0 At the beginning of the Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh is considered a harsh king by his people... READ MORE›
STUDY FINDS ANCIENT BABYLONIANS EMPLOYED COMPLEX GEOMETRY
Ancient Babylonian astronomers were way ahead of their time, using sophisticated geometric techniques that until now had been considered an achievement of... READ MORE›
BORIS JOHNSON: IS DESTRUCTION ROCKS CRADLE OF CIVILISATION
Most people would seem never to have heard of Nimrud, or Hatra or Nineveh... READ MORE›
CHINA PLEDGES CONTINUED SUPPORT TO SYRIA
Chinese ambassador to Syria, Qi Qianjin, said Monday that China is carrying on with providing Syria with humanitarian aid worth 70 million US dollars... READ MORE›
RUBBLE AND ASH IN MOSUL MUSEUM RETAKEN FROM ISLAMIC STATE
The museum once housed Mesopotamian artifacts dating back thousands of years... READ MORE›
AIRSTRIKES KILL 42 IN SYRIA'S ALEPPO COUNTRYSIDE
It said that the airstrikes have intensified in general on Thursday against the rebel positions in the western countryside of Aleppo... READ MORE›