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A dry canal full of salt in the area of Siba in Basra, southern Iraq. AP
A dry canal full of salt in the area of Siba in Basra, southern Iraq. APDrought-stricken Iraq pleads for more water from upstream neighbours
Climate change, upstream dams, and low rainfall is causing an unprecedented crisis in the 'land between the rivers'
Campbell MacDiarmid
October 01, 2018