The ruins of an Iraqi Kurdish village abandoned 36 years ago and submerged under the waters of a dam, have suddenly resurfaced thanks to sinking water levels in the drought-hit country. The construction of the dam, 2 km north of the town of Dohuk, started in 1985 and prompted the...

In Iraq’s southern province of Basra, the oil flows freely but little of the wealth trickles down to the people, and many struggle to make ends meet. Sajad, 17, who lives in Basra city, says he “has no future” and no present. Like other young people, he says he just survives, a living...

Butane gas shortage in Syria has reached 5,000 tonnes a day, said Syria's Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection Amr Salem at a press conference on Wednesday.  The statement came two days after the Syrian government doubled butane gas price amid international energy price...

Maribel Vilca didn't even bother to go to the community meeting giving information to her Indigenous community about COVID-19 vaccines. “What happens if I die with the vaccine? I have small children,“ she said, expressing mistrust of the government health services after bad experiences...