"Farmers and experts warn Iraq's historic rivers are vanishing, threatening survival, identity and stability. Iraq, once known as Mesopotamia, the Land of the Two Rivers, is facing its worst water crisis in living memory. The Tigris and Euphrates lifelines of agriculture and civilisation for millennia are running dry. Climate change, upstream dams and decades of mismanagement have turned fertile land into dust, forcing families from their homes and threatening national stability."
"Iraq, once known as Mesopotamia, the Land of the Two Rivers, is facing its worst water crisis in living memory. The Tigris and Euphrates lifelines of agriculture and civilisation for millennia are running dry. Climate change, upstream dams and decades of mismanagement have turned fertile land into dust, forcing families from their homes and threatening national stability. Talk to Al Jazeera travels to southern Iraq to hear from farmers, environmentalists and officials about a crisis that could decide the country's future."
Iraq faces its worst water crisis in living memory as the Tigris and Euphrates run dry. Climate change, upstream dams and decades of mismanagement have reduced river flows and turned fertile land into dust. Farmers lose crops and livelihoods, families are forced to abandon ancestral homes, and centuries-old agricultural systems collapse. The decline of the rivers threatens cultural identity tied to Mesopotamia and raises risks to food security and national stability. Farmers, environmentalists and officials in southern Iraq warn that continued water loss could determine the country's future and deepen humanitarian and political crises.
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