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How 4,000 year old business letters helped economists find 11 lost cities
Thousands of 4,000-year-old clay tablets, mostly merchants’ receipts and complaints about dangerous roads, helped economists estimate where eleven lost Bronze Age cities once stood. Their 2019 study used a standard trade model and found that geography, not farmland, may explain why some cities keep thriving across millennia.
Fear in Iraq's Mosul as Islamic State families return from Syria
IS fighters imposed a strict interpretation of Muslim "sharia" law, banning music and smoking and meting out brutal punishments, including public beheadings, for those who violated their rules.
Security agencies verify reports of Indians killed by ISIS in Iraq
Agencies were verifying the reports through different sources and trying to ascertain where there were Indians among those beheaded, the sources said.
Indians stand by families of those killed in Mosul: PM Modi
"Every Indian grieves with those who lost their loved ones in Mosul. We stand in solidarity with the bereaved families and pay our respects to the Indians killed in Mosul.
How Delhi tracked down the bodies of 39 Indians who went missing in Iraq
The opposition Congress condoled the deaths but its Rajya Sabha leader Ghulam Nabi Azad recalled government that it had "assured us last year that the Indians were alive".
No substantial evidence on 39 missing Indians, says Iraq
After Iraqi forces recaptured Mosul from ISIS, India is seeking its help to locate the 39 missing Indian labourers, mostly from Punjab, who are kidnapped in Mosul three years ago.
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No sign of 39 missing Indians in Iraq even as search goes on
Sushma Swaraj met the relatives of the workers, mostly from Punjab, last week and said that govt had received information that the workers were probably in a Mosul jail.
‘39 Indians abducted in Iraq could be in jail near Mosul’
Union foreign minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday met family members of the 39 construction workers abducted from Mosul in 2014 and expressed hope that they would be released soon.
Iraq has assured cooperation in locating 39 missing Indians: External Affairs Ministry
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj earlier assured Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh that her ministry was making all-out efforts to trace the 39 Indians.
Iraqi forces push further into northeast Mosul, military says
MIDEAST-CRISIS-IRAQ-MOSUL:Iraqi forces push further into northeast Mosul, military says
IS chief Baghdadi surrounded by Iraqi Army inside Mosul
The battle for Mosul, where the self-declared caliph of IS is believed to be hiding, is likely to end in a decisive defeat for the terrorist group, the Independent reported.
Islamic state suspect Subahani Haja Moideen claims stay in Mosul
While staying in Mosul, Iraq he attended the same training camp with a Pakistani national who was later arrested by the French police.
Dislodging ISIS from Mosul a significant strategic game: US
"The symbolic importance that the ISIL (ISIS) has invested in their control of Mosul, dislodging them from the city would be a significant strategic game," he said.
'Cash-strapped ISIS killing injured fighters to sell organs'
"Doctors were threatened to take out the body organs of a wounded ISIL militant," the Arabic-language al-Sabah newspaper reported citing a source in Mosul.
ISIS making bombs using Mosul University chemistry lab: Report
The dreaded Islamic State terror group is making use of Iraq's well-stocked Mosul University chemistry lab to churn out a new generation of deadly explosives.
ISIS burns its fighters alive for letting Ramadi fall: Report
ISIS militants who lost a key town to Iraqi forces were burned alive in full public view by their own men after they fled to the group's stronghold of Mosul, in a terrifying message to other fighters, a media report has said.
India welcomes liberation of Ramadi by Iraqi forces
India today welcomed "liberation" of the city of Ramadi by Iraqi forces from the control of ISIS militants and said it strongly supports Iraq's fight against terrorism.
All 39 Indians held hostage by ISIS in Iraq are safe: Government
All the 39 Indians held hostage in Mosul town of Iraq by ISIS militants over a year ago were "safe", Government said today quoting multiple third party sources and asserted that efforts were on to secure their release.
Islamic State runs hotels, bridal shops, malls to lure jihadi recruits
The IS is running swanky five star hotels, bridal boutiques and shopping malls to entice foreign jihadi recruits via social media in the Iraqi city of Mosul.
ISIS emir Baghdadi incapacitated by spinal injury?
The world's most wanted terrorist, in his mid-40's, is being treated by two doctors who travel to his hideout from the group's stronghold of Mosul, the Guardian reported.
US and Iraq plan operation to regain control of Mosul
CENTCOM officials said main attack force would consist of five Iraqi army brigades, which will all go through US training sites before they commence operation.
ISIS chemical weapons expert killed in US-led air strikes
Salih Jasim al-Sabawi alias Abu Malik was killed in an air strike near the ISIS-held city of Mosul on January 24.
US President Barack Obama hails recapturing of Iraq's strategic Mosul Dam
He said that the recapturing of the Mosul Dam by Iraqi and Kurdish forces with US support is a major step forward in the fight against the IS.
Barack Obama hails recapturing of Iraq's Mosul Dam
Obama said recapturing of strategic Mosul dam in Northern Iraq by Iraqi & Kurdish forces, backed by US air-strikes, is a major step forward in fight against the Sunni militant group.
24 hours on, fate of kidnapped Indians in Mosul unknown
There are about 6,000 Indians based in the northern part of the country but most of them are reportedly safe.
40 Indians 'uncontactable' in Iraq's Mosul town: External Affairs Ministry
40 Indian workers were untraceable in Mosul town of Iraq even as the govt decided to send former envoy to Iraq Suresh Reddy to strengthen Indian Mission in Baghdad.
40 Indians kidnapped in Iraq's Mosul, involvement of ISIS rebels suspected
Around 40 Indians working on projects near the Iraqi city of Mosul were kidnapped by suspected ISIS militants when they were being evacuated from the area.
Why US military aid alone can't save Iraq
Moreover, the US must compel the Iraqi Army to adopt a sensitive, population-centered approach to reversing the militants' conquests.
Car bombs in Northern Iraqi city kill 5 people
Iraqi officials say two car bombs have exploded in the northern city of Mosul, killing five people and wounding 18.
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