A Jacobin investigation reveals how Iraq’s southern marshes, the birthplace of early civilization, face ruin from environmental and political mismanagement. As the water disappears, so too does ...

an Iraqi who used to live in Iraq’s famed marshes says. ”I prefer not to be in the marshes than to see them like that.” Mesopotamia, the ancient cradle of civilization between the Tigris and ...

Iraq has lost 95 percent of the fish in its marshes and nearly 30 percent of its buffalos due to climate change, the head of ...

Former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon is expected in a Manhattan court on Tuesday following discussions between his lawyers and prosecutors over a possible plea deal to resolve a criminal case ...

The draining of the Iraqi marshes by Saddam Hussein in the 1990s was considered at the time a devastating ecological - as well as a humanitarian crisis. The marshes have been occupied for ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

By Ty Joplin “The water's just bad. It's so salty, it's not like it was before,” Amjad Mohamed, an Iraqi who used to live in Iraq’s famed marshes says.. ”I prefer not to be in the marshes ...

Iraqi security forces have largely eradicated the Islamic State (ISIS) from the country, with only a few hundred militants ...

Aside from the loss of human lives and damage to properties, war significantly impacts the environment through various ways ...