Iraq in water crisis

Iraq's Euphrates river is running at historically low levels as the drought-stricken country faces its worst water scarcity in living memory.

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Baghdad –

Its 46 million people face rising temperatures, chronic water shortages and year-on-year droughts, in a country intensely impacted by climate change.

The impact has been felt most acutely in the south, where reduced flow is fuelling water pollution and the rapid spread of algae.

The once-mighty Tigris and Euphrates, which have irrigated the country for millennia, originate in Türkiye and authorities in Iraq have repeatedly blamed upstream Turkish dams for significantly reducing river flows.