NIMRUD, IRAQ — Agatha Christie lived here once, but only memories remain of the time the world's best-selling fiction writer spent among the ruins of the ancient Iraqi city of Nimrud.

When the Islamic State militant group captured parts of Northern Iraq in 2014, it declared war on the ancient city of Nimrud. Though reclaimed by Iraqi forces last November, the ruins have been ...

NIMRUD, IRAQ (Reuters) - Agatha Christie lived here once, but only memories remain of the time the world's best-selling fiction writer spent among the ruins of the ancient Iraqi city of Nimrud.

History in ruins: New pictures reveal how ISIS savages have reduced the ancient site of Nimrud to rubble The city, founded in the 13th century, had been under ISIS control since 2014 ...

Nimrud was city in Assyrian kingdom, which flourished between 900 B.C. and 612 B.C. ISIS has destroyed other ancient sites in Iraq, home of some of earliest civilizations ...

NIMRUD, Iraq (AP) — Nearly a month into the fight to retake Mosul, government forces pushed Islamic State militants out of nearby Nimrud, home to some of Iraq’s richest archaeological treasures.

Ancient city of Nimrud in ruins 11/16/2016 November 16, 2016 "Islamic State" militants had leveled the ancient Assyrian capital before the Iraqi army retook the city earlier this week.

Iraqi officials say that ISIS extremists have used heavy vehicles to demolish more ancient artifacts in Iraq, this time razing the Assyrian site of Nimrud. Nimrud, 20 miles south of Mosul, is home ...

The Iraqi army said troops have driven Islamic State militants out of the town of Nimrud, south of Mosul, near the site of famed ancient Assyrian ruins that were reportedly destroyed by the ...

ISIS has again destroyed cultural treasures, this time bulldozing the site of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in northern Iraq, an Iraqi ministry said.

By Isabel Coles NIMRUD, Iraq (Reuters) - Agatha Christie lived here once, but only memories remain of the time the best-selling crime writer spent among the ruins of the ancient Iraqi city of Nimrud.

ISIS has again destroyed cultural treasures, this time bulldozing the site of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in northern Iraq, an Iraqi ministry said.