An important water source in Iraq’s southern province of Dhi Qar is drying up, affecting thousands of people and threatening ...

As Mark Twain wrote, Damascus “measures time not by days and months and years, but by the empires she has seen rise and ...

Lieutenant-Commander Charles Henry Cowley took part in a suicidal mission to reinforce the besieged Kut garrison in ...

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which controls much of the oil-rich northeast, signed a deal with the ...

Mali and its neighbours have for more than a decade battled militant groups allied to Islamic State and al-Qaeda while ...

Researchers in Iraq have uncovered an extensive Mesopotamian canal system used for irrigation over 3,000 years ago.

Members of the small religious sect find themselves caught between two forces that many of them distrust: the new, ...

Heavy rain and thunderstorms have hit several areas across Iraq since Thursday and are expected to continue until Sunday, causing disruptions in several major cities. The Meteorological Authority said ...

Iraq’s Development Road aims to reduce dependence on oil by turning the country into a key trade corridor between Asia and Europe.

Heavy rainfall caused severe flooding in the in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Friday. The rain started around midday and intensified through the day until midnight.

The study provided a clear picture of the well-planned ancient irrigation system that once flourished in the region.

Researchers have identified an extensive Mesopotamian canal network that supplied ancient farms in the Eridu region with ...