Environment

Dust storms in Baghdad. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

Iraq Braces for Dust Storms with Cooler Temperatures on the Horizon

Wheat grows in circular fields irrigated with groundwater near Iraq's central city of Karbala on April 10, 2025. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

Iraq farmers turn to groundwater to boost desert yield

Locals camp in a public park following an earthquake shock with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2, in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (Photo: AP)

Turkey

Istanbul residents spend the night outdoors after a strong earthquake and aftershocks

(Map: USGS National Earthquake Information Center)

Turkey

Strong Earthquake Shakes Istanbul, No Immediate Reports of Damage

A stray dog shelter in Erbil. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

Erbil Steps Up Stray Dog Roundup as Shelter Receives Over 15,000 Animals

Hawizeh Marshes in Maysan province. (Photo: Submitted to Kurdistan24)

Iraq

Activist Alleges Deliberate Drying of Hawizeh Marshes to Pave Way for Oil Exploration

This aerial view shows a drying marsh in Chibayish in Iraq's southern Dhi Qar province on July 5, 2023. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

Drought Exodus: Dhi Qar Faces Mass Migration as Water Crisis Deepens

The full-time world traveler and Globetrotting Detective travel blogger Diana Lesko, on Halgurd Mountain, the Highest Mountain in Kurdistan Region of Iraq. (Photo: Lesko)

Kurdistan

Eco-Tourism in Kurdistan: Natural Wonders Captivate Global Travelers

A local youth holds a dried buffalo skull in the parched Chibayish marshes, Dhi Qar province, June 25, 2023. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

Buffalo Die-Off, Drought Devastate Iraq’s Famed Marshes

The Zerwaw pond. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

Pond-by-Pond, KRG Rebuilds Water Resilience in Erbil

Erbil authorities cracking down on non-compliant oil refineries, Dec. 5, 2024. (Photo: Submitted to Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan Environment Commission Shuts Down Dozens of Illegal Oil Refineries Amid Crackdown on Pollution

A person in a wheelchair is helped across a road in low visibility during a massive dust storm in Basra. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

Dust Storms Choke Southern Iraq: Thousands Hospitalized Amid Worsening Air Crisis

pedestrian struggles to breathe as he walks along the side of a road through low visibility conditions due to a massive dust storm in Iraq's central city of Najaf on April 14, 2025. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

Iraq sandstorm leaves 1,800 people with respiratory problems: health officials

A view of Erbil, the vibrant capital of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan Steps Up Environmental Enforcement with Sweeping Crackdown on Unlicensed Refineries

Smoke from oil refineries and accumulated waste on the outskirts of Kirkuk. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Iraq

No Green, No Breath: Kirkuk’s Environmental Alarm

A dried palm tree by the shrinking Habbaniyah Lake in Iraq’s Anbar province, Aug. 29, 2024. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

Concrete Over Country: Iraq’s Green Vanishes