Time4y
Fleeing Mosul: Photographing the Flow of Iraqi Refugees
Since Oct. 16, when Iraqi forces launched a large-scale ... “When I arrived in Qayyarah [a city on the west bank of the Tigris, 20 miles south of Mosul], as sandstorms and smoke covered the ...
National Geographic news4y
Baghdad After the Storm
Just off Abu Nuwas Street near the Tigris River ... Baghdad has become a city of walled enclaves regulated by Iraqi Army troops, federal police officers, local policemen, private security guards ...
UNESCO3y
Ashur: A Sacred Mound by the Tigris
The ancient city of Ashur is located on the Tigris River in northern Mesopotamia in a specific geo-ecological zone, at the borderline between rain-fed and irrigation agriculture. The city dates back ...
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Mosul's landmarks rise again after IS destruction
Unesco's director-general Audrey Azoulay and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed ... Eighty per cent of the Old City of Mosul, on the west bank of the Tigris, was destroyed during IS's three-year ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency7y
Manhattan’s only vineyard is run by this 89-year-old Iraqi Jew
the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, on which the Iraqi port city of Basra sits. It was there, in 1927, that Jiji was born into a Jewish family. He caught the winemaking bug from his ...
Al-Monitor4y
Iraqi soldiers search for IS along Tigris River
Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...
Rotten Tomatoes1y
On the Banks of the Tigris: The Hidden Story of Iraqi Music
Upcoming Movies and TV shows Rotten Tomatoes Podcast Media News + More ...
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Iraq recovers ancient artefacts from Japan and Switzerland
Iraq has retrieved several stolen archaeological ... Mesopotamian civilisation, one of the world's oldest, flourished between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Ancient cities like Nineveh and ...
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Iraq among top 15 countries most affected by climate change: PM advisor
Iraq’s water mainly comes from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, with 75 percent sourced from neighboring Iran and Turkey, and 20 to 25 percent from internal sources. While Iran affects water ...
csis.org1y
Book Review: The Wounded Tigris: A River Journey Through the Cradle of Civilization
In 2021, adventurer Leon McCarron traveled the length of the Tigris River from its source in southeastern Turkey through Iraq’s marshes and into the saline Arabian Gulf. To do so, he assembled an ...
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95% fish, 30% buffalos in Iraq’s marshes are lost: NGO
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.