Iraqi engineers are warning that a dam which sits just above the bustling city of Mosul in Iraq is ready to burst. If that happens, hundreds of thousands of people may die. "All we can do is hold ...

Just inside one of the ancient gates to the city, signs of success are emerging in the new battle: restoring routine. Street sweepers tackled debris from looted government buildings, market stalls ...

In Mosul, a city devastated during the battle for liberation from the Islamic State, the fight to heal and preserve its identity, culture, and art is not over. Three men refuse to let Mosul remain in ...

Each day, the scenes repeat themselves: hundreds of refugees flee their homes, taking to the roads, many of them holding white flags as they look for safety. Since Oct. 16, when Iraqi forces ...

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Since the operation to take back Mosul began, 180 Yazidi women and children captured by ISIL have been liberated 365 Bloor ...

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 ...

An Iraqi paramilitary force says it has seized a key road west of Mosul, effectively encircling the city controlled by so-called Islamic State. The Popular Mobilisation (Hashd al-Shaabi) declared ...

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 ...

IS has expelled civilians from their homes along the Tigris on Mosul's west bank in a move to control west Mosul An Iraqi special forces Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) during a battle against ...

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 ...

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 ...