An aerial picture shows agricultural land surrounding effluents of the Shatt al-Arab waterway, where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers meet, in Iraq's southern city of Basra, on June 12, 2023. (Photo: AFP)
An Iraqi farmer inspects the water level near his land in Iraq's southern port city of al-Faw, 90 kilometres south of Basra near the Shatt al-Arab and the Gulf on August 17, 2020. (Photo: AFP)
Iraq’s Minister of Environment, Dr. Hallo Al-Askari, (2nd R), and Ghulam Isaczai, the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq (2nd L), Mar. 10, 2025. (Photo: Iraqi Gov.).