The Alyahodia River is a large branch of the Euphrates after the city of Al-Hindiya, also known as the Babylon...
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The latest updates on current water and environment issues in Iraq and Mesopotamia.
First Mesopotamian Water Forum Announced for Sulaymaniyah March 2019 – Call for Contributions!
Save the Tigris Campaign and partners announce the first alternative civil society forum for water in Mesopotamia: the Mesopotamian Water...
Iraq: Climate-Related Security Risk Assessment
By Kawa Hassan and Camilla Born Middle East and North Africa Program & Working Group on Climate-Related Security Risks The...
Basra Residents Reeling From Contaminated Drinking Water
Mustafa Saadoun, Al Monitor, August 31 2018 BASRA, Iraq — Human rights advocates and health officials estimate that 17,000 to...
Iraqi Experts Say Iran Bears Responsibility for Drought in Hawizeh Marshes
Asharq Al-Awsat It seems that geographic realities linking Iraq to Iran have caused inescapable problems that are compounding their turbulent...
Iraq and Iran’s Hawizeh Marshes: Threats and Opportunities
Arabic | عربي Laith Alobaidi – Nature Iraq / Humat Dijlah The Hawizeh Marshes form a large part of the...
What Was Not Destroyed by Drought is Now Burned by Fire
Published by Humat Dijla, 7 August 2018 As aresult of drought and water scarcity in the marshes, fire continues to...
Environmental Threats, Lack of Water, Poor Job Opportunities and Declining Social Benefits Produce Massive Protests in Southern Iraq
Iraqi civil Society Solidarity Initiative 18th July 2018 Iraqis have been demonstrating for days in immense protests across southern Iraq—in...