Iraq has the third highest global rate of gas flaring, after Russia and Iran, having flared about 18 billion cubic metres of ...

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The deadly impact of the oil giants' toxic air pollution on children and the planet is revealed in this BBC News Arabic investigation from the front line of climate change in Iraq. The documentary ...

Erbil has one of the highest levels of air pollution in Iraq, Deputy Environment Minister Jassim al-Falahi told Rudaw in April. Illegal refineries are a part of the problem. In 2017, the Kurdistan ...

Pollution from wells in Iraq, Iran and Kuwait were also analysed as part of the study. All of the countries involved either declined to comment or did not respond. Oil companies, including BP and ...

"As was the case in Iraq, [Syrian] civilians have expressed ... Zwijnenburg said the threat of DU sickness added to other pollution crises caused by the destruction of oil wells taken over by ...

Dhaka, the overcrowded capital of Bangladesh, ranked 7th on the list of cities with the worst air quality recording an AQI ...

The air was classified as unhealthy, according to the air quality and pollution ranking. Baghdad’s Iraq, India's Delhi and ...

Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked fourth on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an ...