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Iraqi

Members of the oil police stand guard near the West Qurna-1 oilfield, which is operated by ExxonMobil, near Basra, Iraq. (AP)

Foreign oil firms seek exit from Iraq over ‘unsuitable’ environment

tunisia

Environmental activists prepare artificial reefs on the shores of Kuriat island, in Monastir, Tunisia June 4, 2021. (AFP)

Environmentalists build artificial reefs off Tunisian coast to save sealife

environment

A pied kingfisher perched on a rock in the Iraqi marshland in the southern district of Chibayish, on April 14, 2021. (AFP)

Pollution endangers Iraq’s ancient Mesopotamian marshes

Lebanon

Dead fish are seen floating in Lake Qaraoun on the Litani River, Lebanon April 29, 2021. (REUTERS)

Tonnes of fish wash up on shore of polluted lake in Lebanon

Saudi Arabia

Saudi man looks at the solar plant in Uyayna, north of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (REUTERS)

New ‘pivotal moment’ in Saudi solar power program

Saudi Arabia

A 2019 file shows Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud (L) meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Riyadh. DPA

Putin, Saudi crown prince discuss the environment

tunisia

Sousse port where hundreds of illegal containers of Italian household waste still wait to be sent back. (AFP)

Italy pressed to remove illegal waste shipment from Tunisia

Morocco

An electric bus runs in the southern Moroccan city of Marrakech. (AFP)

Morocco ranks best in MENA in 2021 Green Future Index

UAE

A UAE official from the national center for meteorology and seismology check salt flares attached to a twin-propeller Beechcraft plane and which are fired into clouds. (AP)

UAE announces $1.5 million grant for rain enhancement studies