Ancient lost city of Mardaman slowly gives up its secrets

DUHOK, Kurdistan Region – Against the fine yellow dust coating the landscape, the brilliant white of a human skeleton juts conspicuously from the earth. Dropped into pits, apparently without ceremony more than 2,000 years ago, the bodies uncovered by archaeologists near the town of Bassetki, Duhok province, are just one of the mysteries slowly emerging […]

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Sweden has ‘immense people-to-people contact’ with Kurds: ambassador to Iraq

Iraqi Kurds make up one of the biggest minority communities in Sweden, fostering a special cross-cultural relationship between the two nations. Through its military commitment to the international coalition to defeat ISIS and its support for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Stockholm has a strong interest in Iraq the Region’s stabilization and future prosperity. Pontus […]

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