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Iraq’s Water Reserve Is at Lowest in Decades, Minister Says
Workers at the Qarmat Ali water treatment facility in Basra, Iraq.Photographer: Shawn Baldwin/Getty Images

Iraq’s water reserve is at its lowest level in decades, the government said, as the nation continues talks with neighboring Iran and Turkey to increase the flows to meet domestic consumption.

“In 2018, we had (reserves) double of what we have this year” Oun Thiab, minister of water resources, said at a press conference, without giving the exact amount of water reserves.

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