By John Lee. Iraq has become the first country in the Middle East to join the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (known as the UN Water Convention), which aims to promote cooperation across borders for the sustainable use of transboundary water resources. 19 of the 22 Arab countries […]
By John Lee. A investigation by Bellingcat documents the pollution of Iraq's Shatt Al-Arab river. Analysis of open source materials suggests evidence of continuing pollution of Iraq's main waterways. Click here to read the full report. (Source: Bellingcat)
A small canal in Wassit province has been opened on Monday. “The total cost of the project is around $2.9 million,” the Iraqi Water Resources Ministry said in a release received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. It noted that the project is part of the Iraqi government’s agricultural initiative. ( Aswat Al Iraq )
Japanese Agency for International Cooperation "JICA" Announced the commitment to develop some of the Iraqi ports and navigational channels leading through it by the implementation to qualify the projects, based on the Japanese loan facilitator of Iraq in 2003. Japanese agency said in a statement issued on Saturday, and Alsumaria News got a copy of […]
