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Feb 13, 2019
The History of Poisoning the Well
From ancient Mesopotamia to modern-day Iraq, the threat to a region’s water supply is the cruelest cut of all
Jan 25, 2019
Drought turns part of Iran into a new dust bowl
In this corner of the Middle East, a changing climate and debilitating dust storms have brought life to a standstill.
Jan 16, 2019
The slow crawl towards water disaster
From drought to dam dramas, the Middle East continued its grim water trajectory in 2018
Dec 19, 2018
Cleaning up after ISIS: how Iraq’s new chemicals team is trying to undo years of conflict pollution
At the precise moment when ISIS fighters were prepping for their retreat from the Iraqi city of Ramadi in February 2016, Hassan Mohammed lay in bed struggling to breathe. For nine months, through the jihadist occupation of his hometown, the young...
Dec 13, 2018
IRAQ: DEAD LAND: ISLAMIC STATE'S DELIBERATE DESTRUCTION OF IRAQ'S FARMLAND
One year after Iraq declared military victory over the armed group calling itself Islamic State (IS) our report finds that IS’s deliberate destruction of Iraq’s rural environment continues to have debilitating effects on poor, small-holder farmers. The research...
Nov 21, 2018
Pirates are killing Bengal tigers
In the mangroves of Bangladesh, pirates are usurping tigers in one of their last refuges.