EghtesadOnline: Construction of a number of dams in Turkey on the way of Tigris and Euphrates rivers can intensify particle pollution in the region including Iran, said eminent expert of climate change Professor Parviz Kordavani.

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi special forces drove back Islamic State militants in the strategic Mosul University campus on Saturday while elite police units took over large areas along the Tigris river, military officials said.

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi special forces closed in on the Tigris river that runs through central Mosul on Saturday, advancing in parallel with other troops and forcing Islamic State to retreat in its last major stronghold in the country.