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Politics, climate conspire as Tigris and Euphrates dwindle
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNext year, the water will come. The pipes have been laid to Ata Yigit’s sprawling farm in Turkey’s...
Salt, drought decimate buffaloes in Iraq's southern marshes
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAbbas Hashem fixed his worried gaze on the horizon — the day was almost gone and still, there was no...
Iraq water crisis could have regional consequences, UN human rights chief warns
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe United Nations' human rights chief on Wednesday warned that Iraq's water crisis could affect...
4,500-year-old Sumerian temple dedicated to mighty thunder god discovered in Iraq
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn aerial view of the Sumerian temple. An aerial photo showing the mudbrick remains of a Sumerian...
Iraq, Turkey to elevate security, economic ties after Erdogan visit
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 month agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said relations with Iraq were entering a new...
Ancient Sumerians invented water flumes thousands of years earlier than previously thought
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe British Museum’s ongoing Girsu Project discovered the true function of a mysterious structure -...
Drought imperils Iraq's water buffalo and a child's way of life
Reuters via Yahoo News· 10 months agoPetting a water buffalo before tying a fodder bag around its neck, Mustafa Ahmed tends his father's...
Top Turkish diplomat calls for Iraq to designate PKK a terrorist organization during Baghdad visit
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoTurkey’s foreign minister on Tuesday denounced a separatist Kurdish group that operates in northern...
Drought reveals ruins of 3,400-year-old city at bottom of reservoir
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMuch of Iraq has seen devastating drought conditions over the past year, leaving people and crops...
Kurdish separatists and water issues loom large in long-awaited visit of Turkey's Erdogan to Iraq
Associated Press Finance via Yahoo Finance· 1 month agoTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdog an arrived in Iraq on Monday for his first official visit in...