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.

According to the World Bank, Iraq is among the top five countries globally most severely impacted by climate change. The bank ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...