Declassified spy images of Iraq have helped archaeologists find a historic Islamic battlefield. Upon analyzing the images, which were taken in 1973 by a U.S. satellite system named KH-9 (Hexagon ...

With the help of declassified spy satellite images from the United States, a team of archaeologists from the United Kingdom's Durham University and Iraq's University of al-Qadisiyah have ...

Satellite imagery shows a sandstorm blowing through Iraq on Monday, April 14. The Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) released the imagery on X on Tuesday, April 15. “A large ...

Today, many satellite images are captured by commercial companies ... “It was a contract that we agreed to.” But with the war in Iraq, no such contract existed. And in recent months and years, more ...

Satellite images are then corroborated by data collected on the ground, where available. Satellite imagery helps to clarify situations, deploy cultural first aid wherever it is most needed, if the ...