Farmer Hadi Saheb cannot wait to see his wheat fields flourish in the heart of the desert after he tapped into groundwater ...

Iraqi farmers facing scarce rainfall and repeated droughts are drilling wells in the desert to reach groundwater sources and ...

The air in Basra carries a strange weight: part saline mist from the nearby Persian Gulf and part acrid smoke from the ...

In a recent article, a computer engineer presents the unconventional argument that the true location of the biblical Garden ...

Although Iraq's fertile plains traditionally stretch along the once-mighty Tigris and Euphrates — the two rivers whose levels have plummeted — Mr. Saheb's vast lands lie in the heart of the ...

Farmer Hadi Saheb cannot wait to see his wheat fields flourish in the heart of the desert after he tapped into groundwater reserves in water-starved Iraq. He is just one of many Iraqis who have ...

Sea-level rise and upstream damming have worsened saltwater intrusion in the Shatt al-Arab River, pushing brine deep into Iraq’s interior and threatening agriculture, fishing and marshland ...