Almost simultaneously, local people 15 miles north of Basra tore down dikes along a canal at the south end of the marsh, allowing water to flow from the Shatt-al-Arab, the waterway at the entrance ...

Researchers found thousands of ancient irrigation canals up to 5.6 miles (9 kilometers) long carved into the landscape near ...

Researchers have discovered an extensive and remarkably well-preserved system of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu ...

Ahmad Jabbar Kareem Ali, 15, drowned in the Shatt al-Basra canal after being forced into the water as part of the practice, known as "wetting", used by British soldiers against potential looters ...