Water buffalo gently glide through shallow water canals that snake throughout Iraq’s southern Mesopotamian Marshes, their ...

In a country where half the population lacks access to safe drinking water, according to UN figures, state institutions are to blame for a man-made disaster which is turning rivers into waste dumps.

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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Between Two Rivers is a documentary revealing the struggles experienced by human rights activists in Iraq, while shedding light on some of the countrys key human rights concerns. The film follows ...

Decorated with traditional Chinese couplets, red lanterns, and vibrant symbols of the Year of the Snake, the Qasr Aliya restaurant -- once Queen Aliya's palace -- radiated festive energy. Overlooking ...