Three years ago, the vast marshlands of southern Iraq’s Dhi Qar province ... But today those wetlands, part of the vast Mesopotamian Marshes, have shriveled to narrow channels of polluted ...

Abu Abbas knew more about the Iraqi Marshes than most, having lived there his entire life. So when the Iraqi government of former dictator Saddam Hussein drained the wetlands of southern Iraq in ...

Fires, dust storms, migration and conflict: the deadly chain of consequences from a shrinking wetland in Iran.

Everyone nodded in approval. If they fail to save the Huwaizah Marshes, "a historical era... with its heritage and southern identity will vanish for ever", Janubi, 33, told AFP during a tour of ...

It’s unclear whether northern Mesopotamian cities from around 6,000 years ago, which were not located in marshes, contained separate city sectors (SN: 2/5/08). But Lagash and other southern ...