Iraq: Iraq Says Water Shortage Caused By Drought Is Over
Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio LibertyCountry: IraqBAGHDAD -- Iraqi officials have announced that the country will have sufficient water this year to meet its agricultural needs, ending several...
View ArticleUzbekistan: As Central Asia Dries Up, States Spar Over Shrinking Resources
Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio LibertyCountry: Afghanistan, Tajikistan, UzbekistanBy Muhammad Tahir Qubay Ortiqov is a farmer from Karakalpakstan, a remote region in the Central Asian state of...
View ArticleIraq: IS Reduces Flow Of Euphrates To Iraqi-Held Areas
Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio LibertyCountry: IraqBy RFE/RLJune 05, 2015Islamic State (IS) militants have closed some dam gates on the Euphrates River near Ramadi in western Iraq, reducing the...
View ArticleIraq: IS 'Water War' Dries Marshes In Southern Iraq
Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio LibertyCountry: IraqBy Joanna ParaszczukIn the 1990s, Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein drained the marshes of southern Iraq in order to punish the indigenous Shi'ite...
View ArticleIraq: Iraqis Weary Of War Contend With New Enemy: Cholera
Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio LibertyCountry: IraqIraq, already struggling to regain lost territory from the Islamic State group, now faces a new enemy: a deadly outbreak of cholera.Since being...
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