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 ...
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 ...
It was the river that is said to have watered the biblical Garden of Eden and helped give birth to civilisation itself. Sun setting on the Tigris: Iraqi fisherman ...
The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday issued a stark warning on Iraq’s worsening ...
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 ...
“Two other civilians were wounded in the incident at a U.S. Army checkpoint on a highway near Najaf in southern Iraq, the official said. The military is investigating, he said. “The dead and wounded ...
The United States Special Envoy to Iraq, Mark Savaya, on Monday congratulated Iraq and Turkey on reaching an agreement to enhance cooperation on water management, calling it […] ...
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 ...
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 ...
INDEX -- A year ago, Sgt. Truman Kithcart was in the Iraq desert in full body armor, fighting sandstorms and scorching summer temperatures so hot that you could brew coffee from canteen water. Members ...
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 ...