An important water source in Iraq’s southern province of Dhi Qar is drying up, affecting thousands of people and threatening ...

Researchers have identified an extensive Mesopotamian canal network that supplied ancient farms in the Eridu region with ...

Researchers in Iraq have uncovered an extensive Mesopotamian canal system used for irrigation over 3,000 years ago.

According to the United Nations, some “90 per cent of the country’s rivers are polluted”. Iraq is facing a “critical climate emergency”, said Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, the UN special ...

Between Two Rivers by Moudhy Al-Rashid, a researcher at the University of Oxford, weaves together the many strands of the story of the region, which covers much of what is now Iraq. Ancient ...

Michael Palin embarks on a 1609km odyssey, following the course of the great Tigris river. He experiences what life is like for the 40 million people who live in Iraq, explores its ancient history ...