Archaeologists forced by Mideast war to cut short Iraq digs

Iraq is home to ruins from some of the world's earliest civilisations, but teams led by international archaeologists have been forced by drone and rocket attacks in the Middle East war to cut short their expeditions.Archaeologists told AFP that some of the projects interrupted by the war had been planned for years, but their teams have had to evacuate ancient sites since the United States and Israel attacked Iraq's neighbour, Iran.Like other countries around the region, Iraq has become engulfed in the war, bringing to an abrupt end a period of nascent stability.