But things have changed. This isn't the Baghdad I once knew. Just off Abu Nuwas Street near the Tigris River, where sniper fire was once a daily hazard, the sounds of war have been replaced by the ...

The West Asia and North Africa region is facing a water scarcity crisis. About 60 percent of the region’s population lives in areas of severe water stress. According to recent reports, the ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Preparation has begun to build the al-Jazeera (Island) Irrigation Project in Shingal (Sinjar) that ...

GRANGE: There is a good chance [the Iraqi leaders] are in a bunker. Keep in mind not all these bunkers are directly beneath a palace, mosque or hospital. They may go down 100 feet and go a block or ...

As coalition forces increase pressure on Baghdad, ground troops will have an increasingly difficult and dangerous drive toward Iraq's capital city. Two CNN military analysts weighed in Saturday on the ...

In 1917, after centuries Ottoman rule, the British marched into Baghdad and conquered the city. This allied victory over one World War I's Central powers was hailed in a letter by Captain L.

The River Tigris in Baghdad was used for trade, travel and irrigation (watering crops). The River Tigris in Baghdad was used for trade, travel and irrigation (watering crops). Many trade routes ...

In 2021, adventurer Leon McCarron traveled the length of the Tigris River from its source in southeastern Turkey through Iraq’s marshes and into the saline Arabian Gulf. To do so, he assembled an ...