History

Erbil’s ancient 'Qalinj Agha', also known as the small citadel (Photo: Goran Sabah Ghafour)

Kurdistan

The hidden citadel in the heart of Erbil

Ancient artifacts on display in the Erbil Museum (Photo: Erbil Museum)

Kurdistan

Erbil Museum is rich with ancient artifacts

Archaeological remnants of an ancient irrigation system in Erbil from the era of Sennacherib, king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

Erbil's ancient irrigation system

Charsteen cave in the Kurdistan Region’s Duhok province, February 2022 (Photo: Kurmanj Nhili)

Kurdistan

Charsteen cave, a symbol of ancient Zoroastrianism history

Laith Majid Hussein (L), head of Iraq's Antiquities Authority, is pictured with Iraqi deputy foreign minister, Ahmed Tahseen Barwari, during a press conference at Baghdad airport on February 7, 2022. (Photo: AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)

Middle East

Lebanese museum returns millennia-old antiquities to Iraq

The historic Dere Castle near Erbil (Photo: Goran Sabah Ghafour)

Kurdistan

Erbil's Dere Castle: A historic business hub

Kurdistan Region PM Masrour Barzani commemorates the Feb. 1 martyrs on 18th anniversary of the 2004 Erbil attacks, Feb. 1, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

PHOTOS: PM Barzani and officials place flowers on the Feb. 1 martyr’s monument in Erbil

Kurdistan Region PM Masrour Barzani commemorates the Feb. 1 martyrs on 16th anniversary of the 2004 Erbil attacks, Feb. 1, 2020. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

PM Barzani commemorates the Feb. 1 martyrs in Erbil

The two artifacts handed over to Iraqi authorities in Los Angeles. (Photo: Iraq Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Iraq

US authorities hand over seven artifacts to Iraqi diplomats

The Iraqi authorities, with the help of international agencies, are trying to track down the looted antiquities. (Photo: Archive)

Iraq

Iraq recovers two 4,000-year-old artifacts from US

Overview of the town of Acre, Duhok province (Photo: Kurmanj Nhili)

Kurdistan

KRG allocates 900 million dinars for renovating Akre’s ancient houses

Mar Mattai monastery sits atop the Maqloob Mountain 17 miles from Mosul. (Photo: Mar Mattai/Facebook)

Kurdistan

Oldest Christian monastery safeguarded by Kurdistan Region

View over the Kurdistan Region town of Harir. (Photo: Levi Clancy via Wikimedia Commons)

Kurdistan

Harir, a Kurdish town full of surprises

The Brink of Freedom: How Masoud Barzani took Kurdistan to the edge of independence by Davan Yahya Khalil, the 2021 annual Best Indie Book Award (BIBA) Biography winner. (Photo: BIBA website)

Kurdistan

President Masoud Barzani biography wins BIBA book award

The garden of Koya Qishla. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

Koya Qishla: The castle that is Koya’s identity

A fragment of an artefact bearing cuneiform inscriptions being reconstructed and reassembled at the Mosul Museum, Dec. 14, 2021. (Photo: Zaid al-Obeidi/AFP)

Iraq

Iraqi museum restores treasures destroyed by jihadists