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Almost 50% of forests have been lost in Kurdistan in 70 years, as a nursery in the city of Sulaimaniyah works to battle the destructive effects of deforestation
Comment: Separatist movements in Iraq and Spain are paying the price for dreams of independence, writes Sam Hamad.
Turkey and Saudi Arabia are gradually warming to Assad's Syria through a limited process of normalisation. But these ties remain fragile, says Joseph Daher.
Taking advantage of festering divisions within Kurdistan and the weakening of the KRG government, Iraq's central government has seized its opportunity to take back control over Kurdistan's most valuable resource, writes Joseph Daher.
As Iraq struggles with water scarcity, the country is pioneering an offbeat approach to agriculture: growing plants without water.
A peek into what the future holds for three of the Middle East's most vulnerable countries, in a world where global temperatures increase by 1.5C and more.
Western states supporting Israel as it wages catastrophic deadly attacks on Gaza are perpetuating the narrative that the oppressor has rights over the oppressed to ‘defence’. It is Palestinians who have the right to resist, argues Joseph Daher.
As temperatures soar across Iraq, Akre’s residents stay cool in their ancient stone houses, which are protected by a decades-old ban on concrete. But the city’s climate-friendly policy risks backfiring due to a lack of public funding.
The climate crisis has decimated Tunisia's natural resources. Wildfires are now common and ever-rising temperatures threaten increased incidents of drought. Tunisia's farmers fear the worst.
The opposition coalition may prove victorious in taking down Erdogan's authoritarian regime. But to have a genuine democracy, entrenched Turkish nationalism and racism towards Kurds must be addressed, writes Joseph Daher.