Beekeepers struggle with rising salinity and extreme heat Honey production in Basra expected to decline by 50% this season Water crisis worsened by upstream dams, raising salinity levels BASRA, Iraq, ...
Late last week, a bulldozer toppled a minaret that has watched over the city of Basra, Iraq, for nearly three centuries, leaving local residents dismayed. Minarets like this one serve as the beacons ...
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) -Bees once thrived among the date palms along the Shatt al-Arab, where Iraq's mighty Tigris and Euphrates rivers meet, but drought has shrivelled the green trees and life in the ...