The heartland of Assyria lies in present day Northern Iraq. The remains of the ancient capital of Assyria, Nineveh, lie next to Mosul in Northern Iraq. The world’s 4.5 million Assyrians are currently ...

He reigned over the Assyrian empire from 721 B.C. until he died in ... his son and successor moved the capital to the settlement of Nineveh. In the following decades, Dur-Sharrukin was gradually ...

The fleeing residents of Tel keppe, located in the Nineveh Governorate, started returning to their city to rebuild their lives and properties. Naseem Sadiq spoke to one returned resident who told ...

At the end of the 8th century BC the Assyrian King Sennacherib chose Nineveh as his capital and ... depicts the results of civil war between Assyria and Bablyon in which Ashurbanipal was ...

Dur-Sharrukin, meaning "Fortress of Sargon," was built by Sargon II, naming it after himself, to serve as the new capital of the Assyrian Empire around ... the settlement of Nineveh shortly ...

The partial demolition of the Nineveh wall prompted protests and condemnation from communities around the world, especially Assyrians. But some non Assyrians, who are passionate and supportive of ...