BASRA/NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - On a sun-scorched shoreline in Iraq's southern marshlands, fishermen stood shovelling a grim catch: tiny fish gathered dead from the water, fit only for use as animal ...
As water scarcity intensifies in the Middle East, the longstanding dispute over the Euphrates-Tigris rivers between upstream ...
Dirty and unsafe water is a prime health threat in Iraq, where decades of conflict, mismanagement and corruption have taken a toll on infrastructure - Copyright AFP ...
Sun setting on the Tigris: Iraqi fisherman Naim Haddad plys the Shatt al-Arab near Basra - Copyright AFP Ayman HENNA Sun setting on the Tigris: Iraqi fisherman Naim ...
NAJAF/KARABALA, Iraq May 29 (Reuters) - Amin Salah used to grow wheat near the banks of Iraq's Euphrates River, but persistent droughts have led him to switch to farming unlikely new grounds deep in ...
This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Summer in Iraq brings unbearable heat, increased need for water, and ...
The waterways of ancient Iraq were crucial to its prosperity. While they were maintained, Iraq and neighbouring Khuzistan, in southwest Iran, were the richest and most productive agricultural areas of ...
MIQDADIYA, Iraq — Ask Taha Yassin about Iraqi pomegranates and watch his gaze turn dreamy. “They grow big. Their juice is sweet. They’re incomparable. I don’t say this as a nationalist, as someone who ...
Dirty and unsafe water is a prime health threat in Iraq, where decades of conflict, mismanagement and corruption have taken a toll on infrastructure — AHMAD AL-RUBAYE Stricken by drought and depleted ...
Iraq shifts to using desert well for agriculture Analysts warn move is not sustainable, will dry aquifers Climate change, upstream dams dry out rivers - officials Officials say 2023 wheat harvest ...
It was the river that is said to have watered the biblical Garden of Eden and helped give birth to civilisation itself. But today the Tigris is dying. Human activity and climate change have choked its ...
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