We use Google Earth to trace the Iran-Iraq War, a brutal conflict from 1980 to 1988 that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. From the initial Iraqi invasion to the long battles along the border, ...
The Economist: The human toll of the Iran war, in charts and maps
The Baltimore Sun: War disrupts life on the Iraq‑Iran border, isolating families and stifling trade
War disrupts life on the Iraq‑Iran border, isolating families and stifling trade
The escalating U.S.–Israeli war with Iran and Tehran’s retaliation against Gulf neighbours have severely disrupted Middle Eastern energy infrastructure and global oil and gas flows. Israeli strikes on ...
HALABJA, Iraq (AP) — To speak with his mother inside Iran, Yaser Fattahi waits in self-exile in Iraq for brief calls arranged by a cousin back home who travels close to the border between the ...
Al Jazeera: Iran’s neighbours brace for fallout as war threatens new refugee crisis
As war engulfs Iran, neighbouring states quietly prepare for a potential refugee exodus across already fragile borders.