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BAGHDAD: Chinese companies have won bids to explore five Iraqi oil and gas fields in a licensing round for hydrocarbon exploration that was primarily aimed at ramping up gas production for domestic use.
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria, already shattered by nine years of war, has banned entry for foreigners arriving from many countries hit by the coronavirus as part of widening measures to combat the epidemic.
THE 13-year civil war between Syria’s government and rebel fighters has ended, but the peril is not over for Syria’s Kurdish minority.
ANKARA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Turkey on Thursday for talks focused on a critical aspect of establishing stability in Syria: clashes in the north of the country between U.S.-backed Kurdish forces and Turkey-backed rebels.
(Reuters) -Syria's former President Bashar al-Assad is in Moscow with his family after Russia granted them asylum on humanitarian grounds, a Kremlin source told Russian news agencies on Sunday, and a deal has been done to ensure the safety of Russian military bases.
AROUND war-torn Syria’s biggest freshwater dam reservoir, fishermen say their catch is now a fraction of what it used to be as environmental pressures have decimated aquatic life.
A two-state solution is not merely an ideal; it is the only viable path to ensuring Palestine, Israel and the region’s long-term security.
The violent Zionist extremists now in control of its government believe that Israel has the Biblical license, indeed a religious mandate, to destroy the Palestinian people.
For much of its history, the area known as Mesopotamia was a lush agricultural region. Now a water crisis is sparking clashes and villages are turning to dust.
NAJAF, IRAQ (Reuters) - Petting a water buffalo before tying a fodder bag around its neck, Mustafa Ahmed tends his father's herd in Iraq's southern province of Najaf where his family have raised animals for generations but lack of water now threatens their livelihood.
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Rescue workers battled to find nine workers trapped under earth after a landslide at a gold mine in eastern Turkey on Wednesday, the interior minister said, while state media said four people were detained as an investigation got underway.
MOHAMMED Hamid Nour is only 23, but he is already nostalgic for how Iraq’s Mesopotamian marshes once were before drought dried them up, decimating his herd of water buffaloes.
YOUNG Iraqis row a flotilla of traditional wooden boats down the Tigris river in Baghdad, celebrating an ancient nautical heritage in the now drought-stricken country.
The oldest herbal shop in Diyarbakir, a restless predominantly Kurdish city in Turkey's southeast, Joseph the Blind is still much sought after for its traditional remedies.
AMMAN (Reuters) - When the U.S. military targeted Islamic State commander Maher al-Agal with a drone strike in northern Syria in July, there was little chance it would miss. The reason? Revenge.
ISTANBUL: Turkey is contending with the worst cost-of-living crisis for decades.
Once a biodiverse wetland and recreational landmark, the water body is now a barren wasteland with piles of salt.
These black roses, known as "Karagul" in Turkish and thornier than others, can only grow in the town of Halfeti with soil that has distinctive features including a special PH level.
JALAWLA, Iraq (Reuters) - Yousif Ibrahim no longer travels by night along the roads around his hometown of Jalawla in northeastern Iraq. He fears getting caught up in attacks by Islamic State.
