* Says agriculture, drinking water supplies threatened * Farmers in Najaf demonstrate over shortages By Aseel Kami BAGHDAD, June 7 (Reuters) - Iraq called on Turkey on Sunday to release more water ...

DAWWAYAH, Iraq and ILISU DAM, Turkey (AP) — Next year, the water will come. The pipes have been laid to Ata Yigit’s sprawling farm in Turkey’s southeast connecting it to a dam on the Euphrates River.

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 ...

The West Asia and North Africa region is facing a water scarcity crisis. About 60 percent of the region’s population lives in areas of severe water stress. According to recent reports, the ...

Iraqi farmer Umm Ali has watched her poultry die as salinity levels in the country's south hit record highs, rendering already scarce water unfit for human consumption and killing livestock. "We used ...

Marine units testing drinking water found cyanide and mustard agents in the Euphrates River, as concerns mounted that Iraq would resort to chemical weapons as coalition troops closed on Baghdad.

These wetlands in the southern part of the country were once among the world’s most distinctive landscapes, nurturing an ancient culture that survived here for millennia. The Tigris and Euphrates ...

A fishing boat is moored along a branch of the Euphrates River in Al-Hamza town near Hilla in central Iraq, where river water levels have fallen — Ahmad AL-RUBAYE Iraq's rising temperatures and ...

More than 20 Marines died this week in a counterinsurgency operation in the Euphrates River valley, northwest of Baghdad. The 14 Marines killed in the roadside bombing were from the same battalion as ...