Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

Assyria Archives - ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English Archive
Select Page
ISIS militants bulldoze ancient Nimrud city

ISIS militants bulldoze ancient Nimrud city

by | Mar 6, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Reuters—Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters have looted and bulldozed the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud, the Iraqi government said, in their latest assault on some of the world’s greatest archaeological and cultural treasures. A tribal...