Water Crisis
Boys play in the drought-hit, salt-laden Chibayish marshes, Dhi Qar, Iraq, Sept. 2, 2022. (AP)
An aerial view of a stranded boat in Iraq’s drought-hit Chibayish marshes, Aug. 19, 2025. (AFP)
Iraqi youths cool off in the receding Tigris amid Baghdad’s heat, July 29, 2025. (AFP)
This picture shows the effects of drought on Iraq. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
A man walks on cracked and dried up soil in the Hawiza marsh near the city of al-Amarah in southern Iraq on July 27, 2022. (AFP)
A picture taken on June 1, 2025 shows the low water inlet of the river upstream of the Amir Kabir dam. (AFP)
An aerial view shows the spiral Malwiya minaret, a mid-ninth century treasured Iraqi national monument. (Photo: AFP)
A picture showing the course of the Euphrates River and its entry points into Iraq from Türkiye and Syria. (Photo: Social Media)
This aerial view shows a drying marsh in Chibayish in Iraq's southern Dhi Qar province on July 5, 2023. (Photo: AFP)
The Abu Lehya, where drought has caused water levels to plummet, in Dhi Qar province in March. (Photo: AFP)
A youth walks on cracked and dried up soil at the Hawizeh marshes. (Photo: AFP)
President Barzani at the Mesopotamia Medical Conference. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
Lake Sarsar in Anbar province. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
A man walks on cracked mud covering the surface of a dry fish farm in the village of Albu Mustafa in Hilla. (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP)
Farmers in al-Mishkhab protesting, Najaf governorate.
This aerial photo shows a boat during low water levels at the Chibaish marshes in Nasiriyah of southern Iraq, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani)
