(CNN) – It has been described by some as the most dangerous dam in the world. The Mosul dam, the largest in Iraq which produces hydroelectricity, is built on a foundation of soft gypsum rock making ...

BAGHDAD -- Iraq's Mosul Dam long has been branded the world's most dangerous dam, at risk of collapsing and sending water crashing over millions of people. That prospect is even greater than ...

In northern Iraq stands a massive dam with the potential to unleash one of the worst disasters in modern history. Built on unstable, water-soluble foundations, the Mosul Dam has required constant ...

Iraq has endured decades of war, conflict, and instability, but its greatest threat may not come from politics or violence.

DUBAI — The Mosul Dam was always meant to be a symbol of Iraq’s grandiose ambition to escape poverty and underdevelopment. But from the start, the $1.5 billion barrier north of the city was beset with ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Despite intense U.S. pressure to act to keep Iraq's largest dam from collapsing, Baghdad has done little to prepare Iraqis for the possibility of a burst that could unleash a flood ...

As many as 1.5 million people could lose their lives if Iraq's massive Mosul Dam collapses as engineers now fear. Remedial work on the dissolving substrate on which the dam is built will take an ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's minister of water resources on Saturday played down warnings that Mosul dam will collapse, estimating only a "one in a thousand" chance of failure and saying the solution ...

Dams along Iraq's main river that provide water for millions of people, agriculture, and power are reaching capacity.

Fighters of the Islamic State militia took control Sunday of the largest dam in Iraq, a reservoir of oil and three cities after breaking the biggest defeat the Kurdish forces since they began ...

Kurdish forces say they've retaken areas near the country's largest dam in Mosul from Islamic separatists, a day after U.S. officials acknowledged conducting airstrikes in the region. The Associated ...