Iraq’s Water Crisis: The Silent Killer Threatening a Nation’s Future

Iraq water crisis showing dried riverbeds and desertification along the Tigris and Euphrates

Iraq is facing one of the most severe water crises in the world—an escalating emergency driven by climate change, regional geopolitics, and decades of policy failure. Once defined by the lifeblood of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the country now stands on the brink of chronic freshwater collapse, with profound consequences for public health, agriculture, […]