The visual transformation of the river is already apparent. Once known for its shimmering blue waters, the Tigris has taken ...

Overloaded ferry sinks in Tigris near Iraq’s Mosul, killing at least 83 The accident occurred as scores of people were out in the tourist area celebrating the Kurdish new year and the arrival of ...

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 ...

Water agreements between Iraq and Turkey Many disputes have occurred between Ankara and Baghdad over the division of the ...

The nation’s plan to control its most precious resource includes a controversial dam that will drown some of its history. The ancient town of Hasankeyf sits on the bank of the Tigris River.

The teenagers’ skeletons were unearthed at the cemetery of Basur Höyük where researchers previously uncovered evidence of “grand funerary rituals” and the burial of “spectacular” quantities of ...

The Bronze Age city surfaced earlier this year after "large amounts of water" were drawn from the Mosul reservoir "to prevent crops from drying out," according to researchers from University of ...

The most fun you can have collecting cubes. Check out Thomas' review of the venerable and classic Tigris & Euphrates from Dr. Reiner Knizia.

Located on an escarpment of the Upper Tigris River Basin that is part of the so-called Fertile Crescent, the fortified city of Diyarbakır and the landscape around has been an important centre since ...