Can Iraq reach dam agreement with Turkey to protect marshes? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Adnan Abu Zeed

Adnan Abu Zeed

Oct 7, 2016

Iraqi Marsh Arab women paddle their boats at the Chebayesh marsh in Nassiriya, 300 km (185 miles) southeast of Baghdad, February 15, 2013. The Marsh Arabs who had farmed this area for thousands of years, were badly affected by a campaign mounted by the government of Saddam Hussein in the 1990s to destroy their lifestyle. The marshes were drained of water, and hundreds of thousands of Marsh Arabs were forced to flee to cities, where they live in poverty, the locals in this area said. Picture taken February 1 — Iraqi women paddle their boats at the Chebayesh marsh in Nassiriya, southeast of Baghdad, Feb. 15, 2013. — REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani

Iraqis fear earthquakes, terrorism could lead to dam catastrophe

Adnan Abu Zeed

Turkey delays dam plans, granting Iraq brief reprieve

Mustafa Saadoun

Mustafa Saadoun

A picture taken on March 20, 2018 shows a view of the dried-up shore of an irrigation canal near the village of Sayyed Dakhil, to the east of Nasariyah city some 300 kilometres (180 miles) south of Baghdad. - Farmers in Sayyed Dakhil have traditionally lived off their land where there used to be no need for wells, but a creeping drought is now threatening agriculture and livelihoods in the area.
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In Paris, reporting on Turkish politics

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