Play video: 04:59Local2 hours ago · 4.9K viewsSeason's first rains flood streets in Basra, putting drainage back in the spotlightRainwater flooded the streets of several Basra neighbourhoods after hours of heavy downpours, as the sewerage directorate sent water-pumping vehicles to the affected areas amid residents' calls for permanent solutions.
Play video: 00:40Special report3 hours ago · 21.4K viewsThe thirst map: what do satellites reveal about the waters of the Tigris and the Euphrates?Satellite data show that the Tigris and Euphrates basin lost about 144 cubic kilometres of its water reserves between 2003 and 2009, most of it groundwater. What does that mean for Iraq's agriculture and the Marshes?
Play video: 00:52Economy4 hours ago · 7.3K viewsA tour of Najaf's markets: food prices hold steady or edge slightly higherAl-Forat's camera checked the prices of staple goods at one of Najaf's largest shopping centres, where cooking oil and flour prices held steady while dairy products rose slightly, according to shoppers.
Play video: 00:52Culture6 hours ago · 9.2K viewsMosul's heritage library: young volunteers bring rare manuscripts back to lifeIn an alley of the Old City, young people from Mosul volunteer to catalogue and conserve rare manuscripts and make them available to researchers, in a library that has become a cultural meeting place for readers and students.
Play video: 00:48Local8 hours ago · 15.6K viewsColoured lights adorn Sarafiya Bridge, drawing families to the banks of the Tigris at nightColoured lights shimmer on the waters of the Tigris after the restoration of the decorative lighting on Sarafiya Bridge, one of Baghdad's oldest iron bridges, a sight that now draws families and photographers to the riverbanks every evening.
Play video: 05:24Special report11 hours ago · 38.9K viewsOld Mosul rises again: a walk through its alleys after reconstructionA filmed tour that starts at the Al-Manqusha bathhouse and winds through the alleys of Old Mosul, where the stone lanes have been repaved, heritage houses and their carved wooden doors restored, and residents have begun returning to their homes.
Play video: 01:21From the archive14 hours ago · 12.4K viewsFrom the archive: the port of Ashar in Basra in 1927Porters on the quays and sailing ships moored along the banks of the Ashar river: rare footage of Basra's old port as filmed by the French “Archives of the Planet” mission nearly a century ago.
Play video: 02:29Economy18 hours ago · 18.8K viewsMosul's markets come back to life: shops and vendors return to the old streetsAmid buildings still scarred by destruction and others that have been rebuilt, dozens of shops have reopened in Mosul's markets and street vendors are back on the pavements, a sign that trade is recovering.
Play video: 01:22From the archive23 hours ago · 26.3K viewsFrom the archive: Baghdad's streets and markets as filmed in 1927Wooden shanashil balconies overlooking the streets, horse-drawn carts and markets bustling with vendors and shoppers: rare scenes of everyday life in Baghdad nearly a hundred years ago.
