A view of the ziggurat of Dur-Kurigalzu, a city dating to 1400 B.C., northwest of Baghdad, in an image uploaded Aug. 21, 2016. (photo by Facebook/مراقبية اثار عكركوف) BAGHDAD, Iraq – Every year on March 21, Iraqis gather around the ziggurat of Dur-Kurigalzu, the site of an ancient city dating to the 14th century B.C. that is located northwest of Baghdad, to celebrate Nowruz a
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A view of the ziggurat of Dur-Kurigalzu, a city dating to 1400 B.C., northwest of Baghdad, in an image uploaded Aug. 21, 2016. (photo by Facebook/مراقبية اثار عكركوف) BAGHDAD, Iraq – Every year on March 21, Iraqis gather around the ziggurat of Dur-Kurigalzu, the site of an ancient city dating to the 14th century B.C. that is located northwest of Baghdad, to celebrate Nowruz a
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Historically, agriculture has played a very important role in the fertile crescent between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Today, after several years of ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Syria, agriculture and the livelihoods that depend on it have suffered massive loss in this area. The fighting is not only putting civilian lives in danger, but also jeopardizing the agricultura
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The main threat to the people in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq is not ISIL, but failed governance which endangers human security. Some people in the Kurdistan region of Iraq think of security in terms of security of Kurdish people and their territory from military attacks by neighboring countries or the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). This understa
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Alliance with Oman for Duqm plant is a model others in the Gulf can follow It is ironic that Kuwait retires a large and complex refinery and signs a joint venture with Oman to build another large and more complex refinery all in the same week. Kuwait finally retired the Shauiba refinery, a scheme talked about for many years, after serving for almost 50 years. The move is se
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