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Iraq’s Ancient Marshes Are Running Out of Time
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers, flowing from southern Turkey through Syria and Iraq, met at the Shatt al-Arab River near Basra, creating vast marshlands in Iraq and Iran. Seasonal flooding ...
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Book Review: The Wounded Tigris: A River Journey Through the Cradle of Civilization
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 ...
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Iraq's Basra plans dam on vital river
Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...