U.S. sanctions on Iranian gas, disputes with the Kurdistan Regional Government, and rival political factions threaten to ...

Turkey's president says he has appointed a team of legal experts to start working on a new constitution which critics say could allow him to remain in power beyond 2028, when his current term ...

Water and water infrastructure are being increasingly targeted with impunity in conflicts from Gaza to Ukraine. The effects ...

The Iraqi Kurdistan regional government has allocated more than 545 million IQD ($468,000) to provide a water network in the disputed area of Koks parish. 04 February 2012 GARMIYAN - The Iraqi ...

Adding to the hardship is the lack of reliable access to basic services such as water and electricity. Many Kurdish households only receive water for a few days each week, forcing families to ...

Adding to the hardship is the lack of reliable access to basic services such as water and electricity. Many Kurdish households only receive water for a few days each week, forcing families to ration ...

On two visits there, the BBC witnessed people struggling to get water. Turkey said it had targeted the “sources of income and capabilities” of Kurdish separatist groups it regards as terrorists.

The taps have run dry, and the wells are almost empty. In the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, 80-year-old Babir hasn't bathed in weeks and impatiently waits for trucked-in water ...

Boys cool off with water from a mobile tanker as summer temperatures soar in Iraq's northern autonomous Kurdish region — Safin HAMID The taps have run dry, and the wells are almost empty. In the ...

Boys cool off with water from a mobile tanker as summer temperatures soar in Iraq's northern autonomous Kurdish region - Copyright AFP Safin HAMID Boys cool off with ...

Energy issues and water rights are also key in Iraq-Turkey ties. An oil pipeline running from the semiautonomous Kurdish region to Turkey has been shut down since March 2023, after an arbitration ...