According to the statement, while residents gathered to celebrate the Assyrian and Babylonian spring festival, a man launched a violent cleaver attack against participants, injuring two civilians.

At one point, as the injured teenager was rushed to the hospital, some participants wrapped his head in an Assyrian flag, which was later lifted again in the parade -- stained with blood but held ...

This scenario parallels later Jerusalem, where eighth-century BCE levels reveal a surge of ivory carvings and exotic goods once the city became a prosperous Assyrian vassal. In contrast, researchers ...