In managing water crisis, can Turkey and Iraq bridge gap without Syria? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Barin Kayaoglu

Barin Kayaoglu

Jul 7, 2024

The Euphrates river near Dura Europos (Tell Salhiye), Syria. Iraq is just several miles downstream. — The Euphrates river near Dura Europos (Tell Salhiye), Syria. Iraq is just several miles downstream. — Stock photo via Getty Images

A picture taken on March 20, 2018 shows a view of the dried-up shore of an irrigation canal near the village of Sayyed Dakhil, to the east of Nasariyah city some 300 kilometres (180 miles) south of Baghdad. - Farmers in Sayyed Dakhil have traditionally lived off their land where there used to be no need for wells, but a creeping drought is now threatening agriculture and livelihoods in the area.
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