Hesab Abdulhassan on the lookout for suitable reeds - Sebastian Backhaus Every morning at 4am Hesab Abdulhassan and his son climb into their boat and set off into the marshes to gather reeds. The ...

Years of drought have reduced southern Iraq's mythical marshes to a barren land — Asaad NIAZI Like his father, Iraqi buffalo herder Watheq Abbas grazes his animals in Iraq's southern wetlands, but ...

A fisherman on Iraq's receding marshes that straddle the border with Iran — Asaad NIAZI Plans to drill for oil in the protected Mesopotamian Marshes of southern Iraq have galvanised villagers and ...

Some 14,000 buffaloes have perished in southern Iraq over the past four years of drought, which has hit the mythical Mesopotamian marshes listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, according to local ...

Some displaced Marsh Arabs (a village near Basra) want more water diverted to the area to expand their homeland, but others reject traditional ways. "We will have to accept that the Marsh Arabs want ...

An expedition by Duke University wetlands expert Curtis Richardson to evaluate damage to Iraq's storied Mesopotamian Marshlands revealed an environmental disaster of vast proportions. However, he ...

Iraq Probes Fish Die-off In Southern Marshes By AFP - Agence France Presse June 02, 2025, 4:36 am EDT Share ...

A basin is placed under a tap connected to a mesh of pipes drawing water from various sources, as locals suffer from high salinity in the local water supply, in the village of al-Mashab in the marshes ...

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Like his father, Iraqi buffalo herder Watheq Abbas grazes his animals in Iraq's southern wetlands, but with persistent drought shrinking marshland where they feed and decimating the herd, his ...

Iraqi authorities on Monday launched a probe into a mass die-off of fish in the southern marshlands, the latest in a string of such events in recent years. One possible cause for the localised die-off ...