Climate Change

Turkey drought [Getty]
Turkey
MENA
Live Story

Turkey: Ankara city hall says water cuts due to 'record drought'

Ankara officials rejected mismanagement accusations by Erdogan after cutting off water due to the country's worst drought in 50 years.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 January, 2026
A Greenpeace activist holds a banner showing a wind turbine and that reads: "Future vs. Trump" as the same image is projected on the facade of the U.S. Embassy to protest against the withdrawal of the United States by newly-inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump from the Paris Agreement on January 21, 2025 in Berlin, Germany.
Donald Trump
Environment
Live Story

Trump withdraws US from key climate treaty, deepening pullback

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 January, 2026
Iraq sandstorm [Getty]
Iraq
Environment
Live Story

Iraqis cover soil with clay, plant seeds to curb sandstorms

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 December, 2025
Vehicles drive on a flooded road during heavy rain in the Gulf Emirate of Dubai
United Arab Emirates
MENA
Live Story

Dubai warns residents to stay indoors because of rain

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 December, 2025
Ziggurat of Ur is a Neo-Sumerian ziggurat on the site of the ancient city of Ur near Nasiriyah
Iraq
MENA
Live Story

Iraq preparing $14.5 million renovation of ancient city of Ur

The New Arab Staff
03 December, 2025
Latakia wildfires [Getty]
Syria
MENA
Live Story

Syria: Authorities says wildfires contained after 10 days

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 July, 2025
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Climate Change
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Lights, camera, climate: MENA filmmakers tackle a burning region

The New Arab Staff

Sarah Khalil

10 July, 2025
A Turkish helicopter helps battle a forest fires in the coastal Syrian province of Latakia
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
Live Story

Syria battles forest fires for third day as Turkey sends help

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 July, 2025
Forest fires raged across Latakia province [Getty]
Syria
MENA
Live Story

Syrian authorities evacuate citizens amid major forest fires

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 July, 2025
Iraq drought - AFP
Iraq
MENA
Live Story

Iraq secures Turkish water boost as drought crisis deepens

Dana Taib Menmy
03 July, 2025
Iraqi authorities have launched an investigation into a mass fish die-off in the southern marshes near Najaf [Getty]
Iraq
MENA
Live Story

Iraq launches probe into mass fish deaths in marshlands

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 June, 2025
Iraqi marshes
Iraq
Environment
Live Story

Iraq warns of water crisis before PM Al-Sudani's visit to Turkey

Dana Taib Menmy
07 May, 2025
Fire fighters ride trucks during a safety exercise in Petra, a famous archaeological site in Jordan on February 10, 2023. (Photo by Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Jordan
MENA
Live Story

Bodies of mother, son recovered after flash floods in Jordan

The New Arab Staff
05 May, 2025
Erbil_water
Iraq water scarcity
Environment and Climate
Live Story

Erbil struggles with water shortages ahead of scorching summer

Winthrop Rodgers

Winthrop Rodgers

29 April, 2025
El_Dabaa_nuclear_plant
Egypt
Society
Live Story

Egypt nears clean energy goal with El Dabaa nuclear power plant

Salwa_Samir

Salwa Samir

28 April, 2025
A technician walks next to a dam at a station connecting the Sebou and Bou Regreg basins near the city of Kenitra on January 20, 2025. (Photo by ABDEL MAJID BZIOUAT/AFP via Getty Images)
Morocco
MENA
Live Story

Morocco 'water highway' averts crisis in big cities but doubts over sustainability

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 March, 2025
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Jordan
Environment and Climate
Live Story

Green Iris: The initiative healing Jordan's environmental crisis

The New Arab Staff

Stefano Nanni

25 March, 2025
Sheep - Getty
Tunisia
MENA
Live Story

Tunisia's top religious council refuses to cancel Eid Al-Adha

Basma El Atti
13 March, 2025
The parliamentary bill would see Turkey pledge to become a net-zero economy by 2053
Turkey
Environment
Live Story

Turkey's ruling party submits climate change bill to parliament

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 February, 2025
Syria drought [Getty]
Syria
MENA
Live Story

Syria endowment ministry urges rain prayer amid drought fears

The New Arab Staff
15 January, 2025
SKY
climate crisis
Perspectives

Ban Solar Geoengineering

PS

Usrof & Ravi & Bruggink & Njuguna

09 January, 2025