In 1946, Iraq signed a friendship and good neighborliness ... of rules regulating the use of the waters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and their tributaries. Later, the two countries agreed ...

According to the World Bank, Iraq is among the top five countries globally most severely impacted by climate change. The bank ...

In an instant, dark clouds engulfed the sky, obscuring the scorching sun in Al-Hizamat, a small village near Afak district in Iraq's Diwaniyah Governorate. Rain was imminent. Almost. A few minutes ...

The Tigris and Euphrates rivers are key water sources for Iraq. About 75 percent of Iraq’s water comes from neighboring Iran and Turkey, and 20 to 25 percent is from internal sources.

The BP deal signals a potential resurgence of Western influence in Iraq’s energy sector.

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The irrigation of Harran is considered one of the project’s successes, but people in Syria and Iraq complain that Turkey’s dams threaten water flows from the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers ...

A large network of ancient irrigation canals has been discovered in Iraq’s Eridu region ... was used to divert Euphrates River water to farms. Researchers traced the canals using satellite ...

The Ahwar of Southern Iraq – also known as the Iraqi Marshlands – are ... East and West Hammar and Central Marshes of the Ahwar are predominantely fed by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. The Huwaizah ...

In 1946, Iraq signed a friendship and good neighborliness treaty with Turkey, to which six protocols were attached; the first protocol included a number of rules regulating the use of the waters of ...