ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - An advisor to Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani said Wednesday that the country is experiencing a significant improvement in water levels this year, with the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The riverfront overlooking the Tigris River in Mosul, north of Iraq, on November 20, 2025. - Zaid Al-Obeidi/AFP/Getty Images Iraq, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A traditional boat is stranded in the mud as water recedes in the drought-striken Chibayish marshes in Iraq's southern Dhi Qar ...

Mosul is one of the oldest cities in the world. (Universal Images Group North America LLC/DeAgostini/Alamy) (BBC) -- Reaching the source of the Tigris is not an easy task. Where a dirt road ends, a ...

Iraq has issued a warrant for the arrest of the former governor of Nineveh on corruption charges after at least 90 people were killed in a ferry accident in the provincial capital Mosul, two court ...

In Nasiriyah, capital of the southern province of Dhi Qar, an AFP photographer saw the river bed of the mighty Euphrates dry in patches — Asaad NIAZI Iraq's Tigris and Euphrates rivers have witnessed ...

Dirty and unsafe water is a prime health threat in Iraq, where decades of conflict, mismanagement and corruption have taken a toll on infrastructure - Copyright AFP ...

The elongated gondola-like boats plying the Tigris river in Baghdad and known as mashhouf are part of an ancient heritage — Ayman HENNA Young Iraqis row a flotilla of traditional wooden boats down the ...

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — A ferry overloaded with people celebrating the Kurdish new year and Mother’s Day capsized in the Tigris River near the Iraqi city of Mosul on Thursday, killing at least 83 people, ...

An overcrowded ferry capsized in the Tigris River near Mosul, killing at least 102 people during Nowruz and Mother's Day celebrations on Thursday, officials said. An overcrowded ferry capsized in the ...

PESHKABOUR, Iraq, Feb 8 (UNHCR) - Under a cold winter sun, 65-year-old Nazo Osi Ali and her two daughters pull their bulging suitcases out of the back of a blue station wagon at this town in northwest ...

Iraq, the historic “land between two rivers,” faces a crisis striking at its identity as the Tigris and Euphrates shrink dramatically amid severe drought and the increasing toll of upstream dams, ...