The engineers, who built the Mosul dam 30 years ago ... calling on the local population to move at least 6km from the river Tigris, was "ridiculous". The US embassy in Baghdad has urged American ...

Meanwhile, an air strike reportedly hit another bridge in Mosul, as troops advanced further into eastern areas. There is now only one functioning bridge left spanning the River Tigris, which flows ...

But the battle for Mosul continues. Members of the Iraqi ... I found the Tuebe village near the Tigris river. The sounds of combat were near and boats were arriving with many people on them.

The commander of the special forces in eastern Mosul, Lt Gen Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi ... troops were less than 3km (2 miles) from the River Tigris, which divides the city. On Monday, the last ...

For nearly 3,000 years, the area around Mosul has been the main crossing point over the Tigris River connecting Syria with cultures and markets in modern-day Iran and Turkey. The Assyrian dynasty ...

The UN warning comes after the Islamic State group expelled civilians from their homes along the Tigris on Mosul's west bank, apparently bracing for a cross-river attack on their bastion by Iraqi ...

American forces destroyed the Baghdad Division of Iraq's Republican Guard after crossing the River Tigris in the drive towards the Iraqi capital, US Central Command said. The US forces seized the ...

I lost my voice. I lost my mind." Eighty per cent of the Old City of Mosul, on the west bank of the Tigris, was destroyed during IS's three-year occupation. It was not just the churches ...

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 ...

The River Tigris in Baghdad was used for trade, travel and irrigation (watering crops). The River Tigris in Baghdad was used for trade, travel and irrigation (watering crops). Many trade routes ...