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Iraq is dying faster than expected

Iraq is facing an existential crisis rooted in vanishing rivers, outdated infrastructure, and unchecked population growth. The Euphrates and Tigris, once the foundation of Mesopotamian civilization, ...
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Water salinity hurting farmers, livestock in Iraq

(Hussein FALEH/AFP/AFP) Iraqi farmer Umm Ali has watched her poultry die as salinity levels in the country's south hit record highs, rendering already scarce water unfit for human consumption and ...
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Waterways of Iraq and Iran in the early Islamic period changing rivers and landscapes of the Mesopotamian plain Peter Verkinderen

The waterways of ancient Iraq were crucial to its prosperity. While they were maintained, Iraq and neighbouring Khuzistan, in southwest Iran, were the richest and most productive agricultural areas of ...
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Officials issue warning over concerning trend in key crops: 'A significant and unprecedented decline'

Government officials have confirmed a disappointing year for wheat production in Iraq, blaming the diminished yields on lower rainfall, Iraq News reported. The drop came on the heels of a record year ...
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Grappling with its worst drought in a century, Iraq bets on a controversial oil-for-water deal

Iraq, the historic “land between two rivers,” faces a crisis striking at its identity as the Tigris and Euphrates shrink dramatically amid severe drought and the increasing toll of upstream dams, ...