NATURE’s Braving Iraq unravels this tale about what was once one of the richest and most important wetlands in the world – from its virtual destruction by a ruthless dictator to its exciting, ...

Watch Braving Iraq on PBS. See more from Nature. In the 1990s, the Mesopotamian Marshes were virtually destroyed by Saddam Hussein, ...

They have great laws on the books. Perfect. If they were implemented, Iraq would be an eco-heaven, but unfortunately, they have no power to implement the regulations. What I'm working on right now is ...

A fire at an Iraq chemical plant has caused the largest recorded man-made release of sulphur dioxide, experts say The fire, which broke out on 24 June 2003, produced more of the polluting gas than ...

Archaeologists in Iraq believe they may have found the lost tomb of King Gilgamesh - the subject of the oldest "book" in history. Gilgamesh was believed to be two-thirds god, one-third human The Epic ...

Baghdad: Iraq's water reserves are at their lowest in 80 years after a dry rainy season, a government official said Sunday, as its share from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers shrinks.

At the time, Azzam Alwash, head of the Nature Iraq non-profit organisation, ... The World Bank has warned that Iraq could suffer a 20 per cent drop in water resources by 2050.