High in the mountains of northern Iraq’s Kurdistan region lies Amedi, a stunning fortress town that seems frozen in time.

The cable car tourism project, featuring seven stations, will rank among the longest in the world and is anticipated to yield ...

An international research team led by the University of Göttingen has investigated the influence of the forces exerted by the ...

A long-lost oceanic plate is diving deep into the mantle, dragging down the crust above, researchers say. However, the plate ...

This setback was accompanied by geological disappointments. The complex folded area of the Kurdistan mountains proved to be much more complex than first anticipated, few significant discoveries ...

A research team is investigating the influence of the Zagros Mountains on the bending of Earth's surface. A team of ...

Deep beneath the Earth's surface, the Neotethys oceanic plate is breaking off horizontally with a tear progressively lengthening from Turkey to Iran.

The freshly snow-covered landscape and stunning winter scenery of Mount Gara in Duhok province has attracted visitors not ...

The Kurdish revolt, led by the resourceful Mullah ... the tribesmen will have great difficulty advancing south of the mountains. An eventual compromise solution between the Kurds and the central ...

Mera Warti rides his vending bike up the snowy mountains of Zini Warte to sell comfort foods to tourists who flock there ...

"Starting Sunday and Monday, a new wave of rain and snowfall will begin, with temperatures dropping further, causing snowfall ...

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