| With brotherly Arab friends like these... |
... the City of Mosques, which might have somthing to do with why it's not called
Center of Prosperityor
a really nice place to raise your kids...
told Almaalomah website that water releases from the Syrian side have declined from 500 Sqm/hour to a half of that amount.
He said Euphrates River levels dropped by 50%, warning that the situation threatens availability of water for farmers and other citizens. Dualimi attributed the decline to high temperatures, shortage of water at reservoirs and human infringements on the river.
The official urged to rehabilitate dilapidated water facilities and to ration consumption as means to counter the problem.
Water shortages have ignited deadly protests at the recent weeks at Iraq’s southern provinces, adding pressure to the outgoing government of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi who declared a set of measures to offset the water shortage.
Besides Euphrates, Iraq had also detected a drop in water levels at the Tigris River in Baghdad and djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
, which aroused fears of drought resulting from the
| Correction: With brotherly Muslim friends like these... |