WIRE

964 MEDIAIraq arrests those behind US flag desecration at Sovereignty Day parade34M THE NEW REGIONIraq arrests individuals accused of trampling US flag at PMF parade: Official1H THE NATIONALIraq’s PM orders probe after US flag trampled by Iran-backed militias2H 964 MEDIAZaidi orders inquiry after US congressman posts images of flag desecration at PMF parade3H RUDAWEurowings launches direct Germany-Baghdad flights in December3H RUDAWIraqi PM condemns US flag desecration, orders probe3H IRAQI NEWSIraq’s financial revenues hit $30 billion in seven months3H THE NEW REGIONIraqi PM orders probe into PMF trampling of US flag4H KURDISTAN24Iraqi PM Al-Zaidi Orders Investigation Into U.S. Flag Incident4H IRAQI NEWSIraq, OPEC+ members agree to keep oil production unchanged4H KURDISTAN24KDP to Receive Iraqi Deputy PM Post as Cabinet Nears Completion4H KURDISTAN24Two Iraqi Soldiers Killed by ISIS-Era Explosive in Nineveh4H BLOOMBERGIraq Shifts Oil Strategy by Arranging Tanker to Move Past Hormuz5H THE NEW REGIONTwo Iraqi soldiers killed by IED explosion in Nineveh: Ministry5H RUDAWPMF law not linked to armed groups’ weapons control deadline: Spox6H THE NATIONALIraq transports its oil past Hormuz for first time in decades as war with Iran chokes exports6H964 MEDIAIraq arrests those behind US flag desecration at Sovereignty Day parade34M THE NEW REGIONIraq arrests individuals accused of trampling US flag at PMF parade: Official1H THE NATIONALIraq’s PM orders probe after US flag trampled by Iran-backed militias2H 964 MEDIAZaidi orders inquiry after US congressman posts images of flag desecration at PMF parade3H RUDAWEurowings launches direct Germany-Baghdad flights in December3H RUDAWIraqi PM condemns US flag desecration, orders probe3H IRAQI NEWSIraq’s financial revenues hit $30 billion in seven months3H THE NEW REGIONIraqi PM orders probe into PMF trampling of US flag4H KURDISTAN24Iraqi PM Al-Zaidi Orders Investigation Into U.S. Flag Incident4H IRAQI NEWSIraq, OPEC+ members agree to keep oil production unchanged4H KURDISTAN24KDP to Receive Iraqi Deputy PM Post as Cabinet Nears Completion4H KURDISTAN24Two Iraqi Soldiers Killed by ISIS-Era Explosive in Nineveh4H BLOOMBERGIraq Shifts Oil Strategy by Arranging Tanker to Move Past Hormuz5H THE NEW REGIONTwo Iraqi soldiers killed by IED explosion in Nineveh: Ministry5H RUDAWPMF law not linked to armed groups’ weapons control deadline: Spox6H THE NATIONALIraq transports its oil past Hormuz for first time in decades as war with Iran chokes exports6H

IRAQ FROM ORBIT

The Land

Iraq’s water, land and air, measured by satellite: what the country is losing, and what it burns.

water lost since 2003–07, blurred as GRACE sees ita reservoira gas flare, 2025, sized by volume

TWO STORIES ON THE MAP · POINT AT ONE TO LIGHT IT

WaterAug 2025–Jul 202685 billion m³less water in Iraq’s ground, rivers and lakes than in 2003–2007The water is leaving →
Gas flaring202524.1 billion m³of gas burned off at the oil fields — the third most of any countryBurned, not used →
COMING NEXTFood and farming · The air in Iraq’s cities

Water

Mosul Dam reservoir water level318.8m above sea level▼ 2.19MONTHLY NASA G-REALM (satellite radar altimetry) · 2026-09-30LATEST ON NASA G-REALM · 2026-09 · CHECKED 2026-10-04 Lake Tharthar water level47.88m above sea level▼ 0.25MONTHLY NASA G-REALM (satellite radar altimetry) · 2026-08-31LATEST ON NASA G-REALM · 2026-08 · CHECKED 2026-10-04 Water stored in Iraq's ground, rivers and lakes−13.31cm vs 2004–09 average▼ 5.16MONTHLY University of Texas CSR GRACE/GRACE-FO mascons (Iraq average by Iraq Monitor) · 2026-07-31LATEST ON UT CSR · 2026-07 · CHECKED 2026-10-04