Ancient BEER tab is discovered on a 4,000-year-old clay tablet

There's nothing quite like having a drink to celebrate payday - and it turns out this tradition dates back thousands of years ...
Asharq Alawsat (English) on MSN

Iraq Fish Die-off Leaves Farmers Mourning Lost Livelihoods

Antoine El Hac On the banks of Iraq's Tigris River, Haidar Kazem mourned 300 tons of the fish he had carefully raised in ponds wiped out by a flood of polluted water.Water supplies in Iraq, the ...
Greek Reporter

The Enigmatic Sumerian Civilization and Its Extraordinary Advances

Sumerian civilization appears to have evolved in Southern Mesopotamia around 4000 BC, while some historians place it as far ...
Asharq Al-Awsat

Why Iran’s ‘Mosquito Fleet’ Remains a Potent Threat in the Strait of Hormuz

Iranian warships sunk by US and Israeli attacks litter naval harbors along the Gulf coast, but what is sometimes called a ...