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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
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.
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.
Nizar Hanna Nasri sits atop an empire spanning pharmaceuticals, liquor imports, and real estate developments. But his success was built on a far less visible foundation: A globe-spanning trade in black-market cigarettes.
With the help of Saddam Hussein’s son, Waheb Tabra made a fortune smuggling cigarettes in the 1990s. Since the U.S. invasion, he has become a symbol of Iraq's corruption while dealing with everyone from top politicians to the Islamic State.