From the Turkish-Iraqi border to its common estuary with the Euphrates, the Tigris River flows from the north to the south of Iraq passing through Mosul and Baghdad.
Its waters have always been used to irrigate crops and water livestock.
But while Iraq suffers a severe drought for the third consecutive year, the flow of the Tigris and Euphrates would have decreased this year by 35% compared to normal according to Baghdad.
The designated official is Turkey, as both rivers have their source in Anatolia.
In mid-July, Iraqi Minister of Water Resources Mehdi al-Hamdani accused Ankara of assuming "
the right to reduce Iraq's water quota
" by using the imposing dams it has upstream.
"
I don't believe that Turkey is deliberately withholding water to deprive Iraq of it
", moderates Toon Bijnens, who chairs Save the Tigris in Iraq, a network of associations fighting for a fair sharing of water in the region. .
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