Assyrian

Looters created a tunnel that archaeologists later explored.

A team from the Institute of Archaeology at Goethe University made the last-minute discovery after the excavation had already wrapped.

Relatives of the hostages express their relief as the captives are released in Khabour.

The 1,400-year-old St. Elijah's Monastery was situated on a hilltop overlooking the ISIS-held city of Mosul.

Two children are the first ever to be released by ISIS, according to Assyrian group.

The men were kidnapped in February, according to A Demand For Action.

After years of slow but steady decline, Christians are being driven from the Middle East by ISIS.

The terrorist group burned down a church when it took Christians hostage.

Militants pillage 3,000-year-old pre-Islamic site a week after smashing artefacts in Mosul.

In Baghdad and Kirkuk years ago, the summer was tranquil but already there was a sense of abandonment.

The seizure comes just ahead of a planned attack on the terrorist group by Iraqi fighters.

The Nineveh Plains Protection Unit is preparing to reclaim territory captured by the terror group last summer.