Record low rainfall has resulted in a drought. The Euphrates river which provides water to Iraq and Syria has been drying up. The harvest has been hit, food security is under threat.

Syria: Historic drought devastates the country's breadbasket

Syria's longest river, Euphrates is drying. Because of this, there is an increase in risk of dam turbines grinding to a halt. The aid groups and engineers have warned of a looming humanitarian crisis.

Syria's longest river, Euphrates dries

Iraq gets the vast majority of its water from two rivers; the Euphrates and the Tigris. Both run down the length of the country supplying drinking water, irrigation, and hydroelectricity

Why Iraq’s great rivers are dying

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