Iraq’s President Abdul Latif Rashid on Wednesday warned of escalating natural disasters citing "frequent droughts, floods, and rising temperatures" impacting all parts of the country due to climate change.

Syria’s opposition on Tuesday called on Russia to put pressure on the regime of President Bashar al-Assad to take steps towards peace, amid escalating regional tensions and the potential spillover of Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip and Lebanon into the country.

With increasing temperatures, floods, and droughts, country leaders and heads of states gather in Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, better known as COP29 to address financial obstacles, barring most vulnerable countries limit the impacts of natural disasters caused by climate change.

Iraqis have mixed opinions as the US holds presidential elections on Tuesday; Baghdad and Washington have maintained strong relations following the US-led coalition operation to oust the Baathist regime in 2003.

Halabja province kicked off its tenth annual Pomegranate Festival on Thursday, drawing thousands of visitors across the region.

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