Many disputes have occurred between Ankara and Baghdad over the division of the waters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. As ...

A new study claims Eden lay on Egypt’s Giza Plateau and the Great Pyramid was the Tree of Life—Symbolism or hard evidence?

A new theory suggests the biblical Garden of Eden could be hidden beneath Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza, challenging ...

THE Garden of Eden is a mythological place where Adam and Eve once roamed, before a run-in with a snake and an apple tree got them banished. But some believe it was based on a real location ...

AL-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

And the name of the third river is Tigris; that is it which goeth toward the east of Asshur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates." The locations of Pishon and Gihon are unknown — but the ...

Iraq's buffalo population has dramatically decreased due to severe droughts affecting the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, endangering the livelihoods of many farmers. Factors such as climate change, ...

A provocative new theory suggests that the original Garden of Eden may not have been in Mesopotamia, roughly modern-day Iraq, as has been long-assumed — but rather in Egypt, under the towering ...

According to the Bible, the Garden of Eden was a paradise where God placed Adam and Eve and featured a flowing river that split into four branches: Gihon, Euphrates, Tigris and Pishon. Many ...

Scores of Bodies Found in Tigris River; 19 Executed in Separate Killing Iraqi authorities pulled the bodies of more than 50 people believed to be Shiite hostages seized in the Madain region south ...