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Since April this year, air pollution levels in Tehran have seen a sharp spike with a thick blanket of noxious smog engulfing the capital city at irregular intervals.

The Mittani were a mighty empire, but most traces of them were lost for thousands of years. Now, a 3,400-year-old lost city is emerging from the Tigris River.

By John Lee. The Cabinet held its weekly meeting on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi. Following discussions, the Cabinet ordered the Ministry of Finance to provide funding of 5.75 billion dinars ($3.9 million) for emergency works to address water scarcity in Diyala Governorate: IQD 1.75 billion to the General Authority for

* Crop failures grow as warming brings more heat and drought * Farmers look to migrate - but urban opportunities are limited * Resilient wheat seed offers help but distribution is limited By Tessa Fox ABU AL-KHASEEB, Iraq, April 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Until a few years ago, farming in southern Iraq was "as lucrative as oil", Qasim Abdul Wahad remembers, and his one-hectare farm plot in the governate of Basra produced enough to feed his family of eight.

>> its been the crossroads of civilization. its one of the earliest places youll see. its in a warm spot, a lot of fertile lands and rivers across there, much like the meopotamia and the tigris. but what i like to focus on is not necessarily what the foreign empires are doing, but the people themselves. for people to consider that there are victims of genocide in ukraine, as my friend spoke to you last week, not just of the stalin genocide against ukrainian people, but they were ethnically clean...

From Amwaj Media. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Can economic trump card reverse Iraq's water crisis? Increasing water scarcity is a major issue in Iraq, where it threatens all aspects of society. The severity of the situation is reflected by the

KARBALA, Iraq (AP) — Iraq’s Razzaza Lake was once a tourist attraction known for its...

He woke up from a nap, fresh and ready for the momentous night ahead.

Parts of the Middle East are becoming uninhabitable as the region combats persistent drought and high temperatures. The ferries that once shuttled tourists to and from the little islets [...]

Drótcsapdában pusztult el három súlyosan veszélyeztetett szumátrai tigris, egy anya és két kölyke.