This week, when Iraq experienced an almost-nationwide power outage, the streets of Baghdad and other major cities went dark, with only lights from passing cars illuminating the sidewalks. The Middle ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Iraqi government on Tuesday approved a new set of environmental restrictions, including a ban ...

By John Lee. Iraq's Council of Ministers has approved a package of measures to reduce the use of plastic bags, to be ...

BASRA, Iraq, June 29 (Reuters) - As Aymen al-Rubaye plants mangrove seedlings in the sprawling tidal flats of southern Iraq, the black smoke rising over the skyline behind him shows the ecological ...

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Yezidi women, many of whom survived a genocidal campaign by the terror group ISIS, are breaking social barriers by leading environmental renewal efforts in northern ...

(Beirut) – Iraq’s environmental activists are facing threats, harassment, and arbitrary detention by government officials and armed groups, Human Rights Watch said today. On February 16, 2023, leading ...

Tamim Ahmed al-Tamimi walks on his farm next to Joint Base Balad in Iraq on Feb. 23. His son died after being exposed to smoke from a burn pit on the base. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post) ...