Mesopotamia

A 3,000-year-old carved stone tablet from Babylonia, which promises a curse on those who would destroy it, is to be flown home from Britain after being looted during the Iraq War.

Bulgaria is ready to give up to 3 million euros to Turkey under the Refugee Assistance Facility until 2023. This year, Bulgaria has provided EUR 150,000 for this purpose, the BNR said.

Being in the presence of treasures that were hidden in the sands of Mesopotamia for more than 2,000 years until the mid-19th century, sculpted re-enactments of war and royal hunts, reading the words of kings, poets and chroniclers that were found in the palace library of Nineveh, is an unsettling experience.

On the opposite wall is a flickering video—a fire inside a cave where early man scribbled inscriptions on its walls in 50,000 BC. Iraq, formerly a part of Mesopotamia, was the birthplace of Babylon, an anicent kingdom and myth from our imaginations.

Lying on thousands of years of history in Mesopotamia, Turkey's bewildering, yet beautiful, southeast is finally set to experience its golden year in tourism in 2019 as it will mark the "Year of Göbeklitepe," the site of the world's earliest temple in the Şanlıurfa province. 

Syria has called on Turkey to withdraw its troops from the country's north and end support for armed opposition groups in order to revive a two-decade old bilateral security agreement.

Turkey has sent reinforcements to the border with Syria, after Washington ordered the withdrawal of U.S. ground forces from the country. Click through for the story in photos...

Turkey has sent reinforcements to the border with Syria, after Washington ordered the withdrawal of U.S. ground forces from the country. Click through for the story in photos...

U.S. Special Envoy for Syria James Jeffrey has said that Washington's support for armed groups in northern Syria was temporary.

The foreign ministers of Turkey, Russia and Iran are expected to meet in Geneva on Dec 18 and announce the formation of a council tasked to write the new constitution of Syria, boosting hopes for a political breakthrough to the eight-year old turmoil in the Middle Eastern country.