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BBC World Service investigation reveals Turkey’s military expansion in northern Iraq, where a vast area is known to locals as ...
Farmer Hadi Saheb cannot wait to see his wheat fields flourish in the heart of the desert after he tapped into groundwater ...
Sergele is now in danger of being dragged into what's known locally as the "Forbidden Zone" - a large strip of land in ...
Baghdad [Iraq]: The International Committee of ... contaminate an estimated 2,100 square kilometres of Iraqi land, a devastating area comparable to nearly 3,00,000 football fields.
Iraq's farmers are tapping into groundwater ... dressed in a white abaya as a duststorm swept through the area. So he has turned to groundwater, taking advantage of a government initiative. This ...
Farmer Hadi Saheb cannot wait to see his wheat fields flourish in the heart of the desert after he tapped into ...
This vast area, spanning almost the entire length of Iraq’s northern border ... outposts has rendered more and more agricultural land off-limits to Iraqi farmers. The BBC follows some of ...
An official with the Islamic State group has been detained in Iraq, suspected of being involved with inciting the pickup ...
It's been 50 years since the end of the war in Vietnam but an area "the size of Tasmania" is still grappling with unexploded ...
Although Iraq's fertile plains ... swept through the area. So he has turned to groundwater, taking advantage of a government initiative. This leases desert land to farmers at a symbolic price ...