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 ...

The Ahwar is made up of seven components: three archaeological sites and four wetland marsh areas in southern Iraq. The archaeological cities of Uruk and Ur and the Tell Eridu archaeological site form ...

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 ...

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

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 ...