Researchers have identified an extensive Mesopotamian canal network that supplied ancient farms in the Eridu region with water from the Euphrates river before the first millennium B.C.

A sprawling, hidden network of ancient irrigation canals has been uncovered near the ancient city of Eridu in southern Mesopotamia. Under the leadership of geoarchaeologist Jaafar Jotheri, researchers ...

The irrigation network consists of over 200 primary canals, some of which stretch up to nine kilometers in length and are between two and five meters wide.

The U.S. military did major damage to the site of one of the wonders of the ancient world while converting it into a base, the United Nations said in a new report. The site of the Hanging Gardens of ...

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 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 ...

Conflicts leave scars on people—and on communities’ economic and social fabrics. Previous armed conflicts across Iraq have ...

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 ...

Iraq and Syria have reached agreement on the use of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and called for Turkey to take part in their water-sharing negotiations, an Iraqi official said Wednesday.