According to the United Nations, some “90 per cent of the country’s rivers are polluted”. Iraq is facing a “critical climate emergency”, said Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, the UN special ...

The ferry was on its way to this tourist island upstream from the city centre Almost 100 people are reported to have died after a ferry sank in the Tigris river in Iraq's city of Mosul.

While Iraq is safe for tourists in many regions, it's wise to stay informed about local conditions and steer clear of ...

For centuries the area was given life by the spring floodwaters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, but the marshes have been ...

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Iran and Turkey have built several dams on rivers flowing into Iraq and the Kurdistan region for the purposes of irrigation and generating hydroelectricity, bypassing international laws and good ...