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Iraq’s Worsening Water Crisis
July 12th, 2023
Via MSN, a look at how how drought, climate change, mismanagement and oil production have all led to water scarcity in Iraq: When many thousands of Iraqis turn on their taps “nothing comes out”, said Hayder Indhar for Phys.org. So dire is the country’s water crisis – 7 million of its citizens have reduced access to […]
Read more »Iraq’s Next Crisis: Climate and Water
June 4th, 2023
Via the New European, an article on Iraq, a country running out of water where a polluted Tigris makes things even worse: To visit Kurdistan in springtime is to suckle one’s soul and senses with wildflowers and fresh fruit. The land is alive with flowers: the yellow of wild mustard, the pink of bindweed, the […]
Read more »Water Politics in the Tigris-Euphrates Basin
June 3rd, 2023
Via the Arab Center in Washington DC, a look at water politics in the Tigris-Euphrates Basin: While energy security and the control of oil have long been determining factors for geopolitical conflict in the Middle East, the region’s geopolitics have also, in important ways, been shaped by issues around access to water. Whether along the […]
Read more »UN: Iraq Will Only Be Able To Meet 15% of Its Water Needs by 2035
May 24th, 2023
Via The National News, a report on Iraq’s growing water crisis, where ninety per cent of country’s rivers are polluted, with seven million people currently grappling with limited access to clean water: Iraq will only be able to meet 15 per cent of its water demands by 2035 if current trends continue, a top UN official […]
Read more »Dam-nation: Recent Earthquakes Have Shaken Middle Eastern Confidence In Dams
April 15th, 2023
Via The Economist, a report on how February’s earthquakes have damaged the Middle East’s dams: The Turkish authorities announced on March 30th that 140 dams had been inspected since two earthquakes hit southern Turkey and northern Syria in February. None, they insisted, was seriously damaged. Still, many in the Middle East remain fearful about the […]
Read more »Levels of Iraq’s Tigris and Euphrates Plunge
April 7th, 2023
Via Terra Daily, a report on how levels of Iraq’s Tigris and Euphrates have plunged in the south: Iraq’s Tigris and Euphrates rivers have witnessed a sharp decrease in their levels in the south of the country, officials said Sunday, pledging to take urgent measures to ease water shortages.In Nasiriyah, capital of the southern province […]
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