Iraq drought displaces 1,200 families in parched south

Iraq drought displaces 1,200 families in parched south

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Nasiriyah, Iraq (AFP) Oct 10, 2022

Some 1,200 Iraqi families have been forced out of southern marshes and farmlands over the past six months, a local official told AFP, as drought ravages swathes of the country. The Mesopotamian Marshes, a UNESCO World Heritage site, have been battered by low rainfall and reduced flows in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers due to dams built upstream in Turkey and Iran. Oil-rich Iraq, battere

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