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 ...

BASRA, Iraq, July 13 (Reuters ... once irrigated by the Shatt al-Arab river. Sign up here. "Everything is full of salt now because of water scarcity and pollution," he said, pointing at white ...

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 ...