Iraq and Turkey foreign ministers hold talks on water supply, oil
The foreign minister's visit is also intended to pave way for Turkish President's trip to Baghdad for which a date is yet to be finalized. The issue of water and dams on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, both of which have their sources in Turkey before entering Iraq, is a...
Iraqis rally in heat against water, electricity crisis
Designated by the UN as one of the five countries in the world most touched by some effects of climate change, Iraq is experiencing its fourth consecutive summer of drought.
Iraq invites Turkey, Iran to discuss water share issue Â
BAGHDAD, IRAQ -Â Iraq's Minister of Water Resources Aoun Diab said on Sunday that the releases of the Tigris River will improve in the coming days.He also said that an invitation was extended to the Iranian Minister of Energy to attend the third Baghdad Water Conference.Diab said that "meetings and...Iraq PM to hold talks with Turkey on water, Kurd rebels
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani will visit Turkey on Tuesday for talks including on scarce water resources and the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a government source said.Sudani is set to meet Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his first visit to Iraq's northern neighbor since he...Iraq’s Tigris, Euphrates rivers plummet as water crisis looms
NASIRIYAH, IRAQ - Iraq's Tigris and Euphrates rivers have witnessed a sharp decrease in their levels in the south of the country, officials said Sunday, pledging to take urgent measures to ease water shortages.In Nasiriyah, capital of the southern province of Dhi Qar, an AFP photographer saw the river bed of...In rain-starved Iraq, a dam threatens to swallow farmland
Five villages are located on the site of the Makhoul dam and "a commission has been formed to ensure adequate damages for residents" and to relocate them.
Twilight of the Tigris: Iraq’s mighty river drying up
The Tigris, the lifeline connecting the storied cities of Mosul, Baghdad and Basra, has been choked by dams, most of them upstream in Turkey, and decreasing rainfall.
Staring at drought next year, Iraq digs more than 500 wells in 2022
Al-Mishkhab, Iraq - Iraq has long drilled the desert for oil, but now climate stress, drought and reduced river flows are forcing it to dig ever deeper for a more precious resource: water. The war-scarred nation and major crude exporter is one of the world's five countries most impacted by key...60% houses in Iraq lose access to drinking water, says survey
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - In drought-hit Iraq, six out of 10 households have had their access to drinking water disrupted and a quarter of farmers have seen crop yields drastically fall this year, said a survey published Monday. Iraq has been battered by three years of drought, low rainfall and reduced...Iraq drought displaces 1,200 families in parched south
The Mesopotamian Marshes, a UNESCO World Heritage site, have been battered by low rainfall and reduced flows in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers due to dams built upstream in Turkey and Iran. Oil-rich Iraq, battered by decades of war, is also the world's fifth-most vulnerable country to some key effects...In blazing heat water taps run dry in southern Iraq
More than 3,300 families across 10 provinces in Iraq's center and south were displaced due to "climate factors" as of March this year, the report said, blaming water scarcity, high salinity and poor water quality.Parched Iraq’s water resources ‘down 50 percent’
Oil-rich Iraq, despite its mighty Tigris and Euphrates rivers, is classified as one of the world's five countries most vulnerable to climate change and desertification.
Iraq fishermen in fear of arrest from Iran and Kuwait
Iraqi fishermen live in constant fear of arrest by Iran or Kuwait for mistakenly straying across frontiers.
Iraq blames Iran for river flow decline that hit power generation
The drop in the water levels of the Sirwan river, which begins in Iran and flows through the Darbandikhan dam and the Diyala to join the Tigris, has been attributed both to low levels of precipitation and the building of more dams in Iran which retain water.
Climate crisis the next great threat for Iraq
Only 3.5 percent of Iraq’s farmlands are watered with irrigation systems and rivers are polluted with viruses and bacteria, oil spills and industrial chemicals.
