Halfeti is one of several settlements in the Şanlıurfa Province of southeastern Turkiye that lie on the bank of the Euphrates ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A sudden, unexplained release of water from Iran’s western Sardasht Dam has flooded the Little Zab ...

From the Middle East, we verified footage of the deadly fire in Kut, Iraq, which is now known to have killed at least 61 ...

Iraq could lose 90 per cent of its water resources by 2035 if current trends persist alongside accelerating climate change.

Sealed inside a rocky tomb for over four millennia, an Egyptian skeleton has just revealed a hidden chapter of ancient ...

One of the UN Sustainable Development Goals aims to secure clean water and good sanitation for all by 2030, in recognition of ...

Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the teeth of a remarkably well-preserved skeleton found in a sealed funeral pot in ...

The Tigris and Euphrates have faced significant supply reductions due to climate change effects and reduced releases from upstream countries, Iran and Syria. (end) ...

People in ancient Mesopotamia depended on rivers. But rivers sometime moved, imposing stress on communities. Research shows how this led people to form the first organized governments.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A large number of volunteers comprising locals, civil organizations, government officials, and diplomatic mission representatives came together over the weekend to clear the Tigris ...

The Tigris carried us on to Ashur, the first capital of the Assyrian empire, where a 4,000-year-old ziggurat looms over the river. In the desert beyond were Nimrud, a later Assyrian capital and ...

With scorching temperatures and power cuts, Wissam Abed cools off from Baghdad's brutal summer by swimming in the Tigris river, but as Iraqi rivers dry up, so does the age-old pastime.