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Another Middle East “Hot Spot:” Iraq in Water Talks with Turkey & Syria

As noted by Terra Daily, Iraq – in the grip of a severe drought and needs more water for agriculture and drinking, opened talks with Turkey and Syria in a bid to increase the flow of Euphrates & Tigris rivers and end severe water shortages.  Just another example of water stress in the Middle East. 



This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 at 6:05 am and is filed under Iran, Syria, Tigris-Euphrates System, Turkey.  You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.  Both comments and pings are currently closed. 

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