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Iraq's Water Crisis Gives the Public One More Reason to Protest
Jul 18, 2018 | 09:00 GMT
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Highlights
- Water shortages will plague Iraq throughout the summer, causing a decline in agricultural production and a greater risk of social unrest in the southern part of the country.
- Political gridlock in Baghdad will impede progress on water management, while fighting over water at the provincial level will influence discourse at the federal level.
- Turkey will focus on maintaining and advancing its own strategy in Iraq without making any substantial changes over its water use.
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