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Iraq’s wheat independence dashed by water crisis

Iraqi wheat farmer Ma’an al-Fatlawi has long depended on the nearby Euphrates River to feed his fields near the city of Najaf. But this year, those waters, which made the Fertile Crescent a cradle of ...
Iraq's wheat production faces severe challenges as water levels in the Euphrates and Tigris rivers plummet. The country's efforts to achieve wheat self-sufficiency may succumb to the worst drought in ...
NAJAF, Iraq, Dec 16 - Iraqi wheat farmer Ma'an al-Fatlawi has long depended on the nearby Euphrates River to feed his fields near the city of Najaf. But this year, those waters, which made the Fertile ...
Unless urgent action is taken life will be fundamentally altered for the ancient communities who live on its banks As a leader of one of the oldest gnostic religions in the world, Sheikh Nidham Kreidi ...
As a leader of one of the oldest gnostic religions in the world, Sheikh Nidham Kreidi al-Sabahi must use only water taken from a flowing river, even for drinking, according to the Guardian. The ...