Babylon has launched a major development drive, including a 5-star hotel and Hilla Corniche project, aiming to capitalize on its UNESCO status and new 'Industrial Capital' designation.

In modern Iraq, the ruins of ancient Babylon have witnessed epochs of historic turmoil. They now face an uncertain future, but still have the power to amaze.

UNESCO's World Heritage Committee voted on Friday to list the sprawling Mesopotamian metropolis of Babylon as a World Heritage Site after three decades of lobbying efforts by Iraq. Iraq had been ...

RUINS OF BABYLON, Iraq (Reuters) - The ancient city of Babylon, first referenced in a clay tablet from the 23rd century B.C., was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site on Friday, after a vote that ...

This 8th-century miniature, by the Spanish monk Beatus of Liébana, depicts the Bible story of Babylonian King Nebuchadrezzar eating grass as divine punishment. Photograph by Granger Collection/Age ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq on Friday celebrated the UNESCO World Heritage Committee’s decision to name the historic city of Babylon a World Heritage Site in a vote held in Azerbaijan’s capital, years after ...

Rotana has appointed Ghassan Dalal as Country General Manager for Iraq and Turkey, expanding his leadership role while he continues as head of Babylon Rotana in Baghdad. […] ...

Rotana, a hospitality management company in the Middle East, has appointed Ghassan Dalal as Country General Manager for Iraq ...

Patriarch Sako welcomed US President Donald Trump's initiative to end the war in Gaza and restore peace and stability to the ...

Luis Angel Bellaba’s Aquelarre has taken all Spanish rights to Mohamed al-Daradji’s “Son of Babylon,” Iraq’s foreign-language film Oscar entry. An elegiac tale of a 12-year-old Kurdish boy’s odyssey ...

Rotana, the Middle East’s leading hospitality management company, has announced the appointment of Ghassan Dalal as Country ...