As its rivers shrink, Iraq thirsts for regional cooperation


  • World
  • Monday, 06 Sep 2021

HALABJA, Iraq (Reuters) - "Where we are standing right now, there should be a river," says Nabil Musa, gesturing at a dried-up riverbed in northern Iraq.

For the environmental activist, the reason the once swirling Sirwan river has dwindled to a trickle lies across the border in Iran, which he says is "controlling all" of the river's water.

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