3rd Infantry Division found the tunnels as they were searching an area northwest of Iskandariyah, along the Euphrates River. Immediately prior, they discovered a cache of improvised explosive ...

The canal network, detailed in the journal Antiquity, remained untouched for centuries due to a shift in the Euphrates river’s course in the first millennium BC. This left the area dry and ...

The research team found that the canals irrigated more than 700 farms in the region, which was inhabited between the sixth until the early first millennium B.C. Fed by the Euphrates River ...

The Euphrates River, stretching over 2,800 km from Turkey through Syria to Iraq, has finally dried up, causing an unprecedented drought and revealing remarkable archaeological sites that were once ...

Clashes near the Euphrates River threaten to cause a catastrophe at the Tishrin Dam. Clutching a small radio transmitter, Abu Azzam shouted at the group gathered in front of the Al Agha restaurant.

"The large number of landmines and tunnels is hindering attempts by ... a small town near the banks of the Euphrates river. "ISIS fighters are refusing to hand themselves over and they are still ...