This aerial view shows a man inspecting dead fish during a mass die-off at the Ibn Najm marsh — Qassem al-KAABI Iraqi authorities on Monday launched a probe into a mass die-off of fish in the southern ...

Plans to drill for oil in the protected Mesopotamian Marshes of southern Iraq have galvanised villagers and activists determined to save the mythical wetlands already battered by years of drought. "We ...

The Mesopotamian Marshes, an area of wetlands in southern Iraq, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016. It is a vital ecosystem for both wildlife and human communities, but the marshes ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...