Water

Bekhal tourist attraction in Erbil's Soran Independent Administration. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

Experts praise Kurdistan Region’s water for its quality and potential export

A fisherman sits in a boat along the Shatt al-Arab waterway on a foggy morning in Iraq's southern city of Basra, Dec. 18, 2023. (Photo: Hussein Faleh/AFP)

Iraq

Iraq experienced ‘unprecedented’ drought in 2023: minister of water resources

Peshawa Hawramani, spokesperson for the Kurdistan Regional Government. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

18 dams and reservoirs completed, says KRG spox

Artificial water reservoirs in the Kurdistan Region. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

KRG reveals construction of several new water reservoirs

Erbil's water treatment plants known as Ifraz. (Photo: Su Yapi Co.)

Kurdistan

Erbil eyes Saudi funds for a water treatment project, says governor

A fisherman paddles in the waters of Iraq's receding marshes of Hawizeh, which straddle the border with Iran, in the southeastern Maysan province, Oct. 8, 2022. (Photo: Asaad Niazi/AFP)

Kurdistan

KRG participates in Iraq’s international water conference

Prime Minister Masrour Barzani. (Photo: Saber Dri)

Kurdistan

PM Barzani allocates 741 million dinars to Sulaimani’s water facility

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani delivers speech at Korean Village, Erbil, Nov. 7, 2021. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

Water security is our top priority: PM Masrour Barzani

Men gather at the Hamam al-Alil baths, south of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, June 30, 2022. (Photo: Zaid Al-Obedi/AFP)

Iraq

Troubled waters: Iraqi spa reborn after IS massacres

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzan (center) chairs a meeting of the municipality and tourism ministry in Erbil, May 29, 2022. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

PM Barzani allocates more than $240 million for water projects across Kurdistan Region

Wash Spring, Bazi, Barzan, April 2022 (Photo: Kurmanj Nhili)

Kurdistan

Wash Spring, a water source that cures illness?

A view of a palm and olive grove in the "green belt" area of Iraq's central city of Karbala, April 18, 2022. (Photo: Mohammed Sawaf/AFP)

Iraq

Iraq 'green belt' neglected in faltering climate fight

Water borehole equipment is pictured while drilling a well in Erbil's Badawa neighborhood, August 14, 2021. (Photo: Rebaz Siyan/Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

KRG allocates budget for potable water in Erbil ahead of summer

A dried-up irrigation canal in Iraq's southern Nasiriyah province. (Photo: Haidar Mohammed Ali/AFP)

Iraq

7 million Iraqis at risk of losing access to water in coming years: Ministry

Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq. (Photo: UNAMI website)

Iraq

UN Special Representative Hennis-Plasschaert warns of water shortage, poverty, and displacement in Iraq

A view of a dried up body of a dead fish on drying earth in the Chibayesh marshland in Iraq's southern Ahwar area, June 20, 2021. (Photo: Asaad Niazi/AFP)

Iraq

Iraq discusses water and energy issues with regional countries ahead of COP27