BASRA, Iraq — What happens when the land dries up ... his fingers as he nodded toward a pile of metal carcasses on the river shore. “These boats are how we’re making money now,” he ...

Iraq is in the grip of a ... heat in the southern province of Basra, Karam points to his dried up carp ponds, once irrigated by the Shatt al-Arab river. “Everything is full of salt now because ...

Baghdad and Basra, has been choked by dams, most of them upstream in Turkey, and falling rainfall. An AFP video journalist travelled along the river's 1,500-kilometre (900-mile) course through Iraq, ...

Condemnation grew in Iraq after a 300-year-old minaret, viewed as a heritage site by the Ministry of Culture, was demolished in the southern city of Basra on Friday. Built in 1727, the 11-meter ...

A decision by Iraqi officials to demolish a 300-year-old religious spire and tourist attraction in the city of Basra has prompted outcries from the local community. For three centuries, the al ...