Al Janabi: "Now is the right time to rebuild Iraq"

Iraq is facing, for the first time in its long history, a serious water shortage problem. Aside fromthe seasonal variations in the flows of the Twin Rivers, the Euphrates and Tigris, ancient as wellas contemporary Iraqis have never witnessed such a serious threat to water availability in thecountry. Most importantly, the causes of the recent water scarcity were not entirely natural. Theywere mostly man-made aggravated by natural occurrence of drought conditions. Delays in achieving an agreement to build dams and diversion schemes in neighboring countries, particularly in Turkey and Iran, have prolonged the drought conditions time, inflicting harm on Iraqs economy and environment forcing the Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources to seek solutions to provide the public with water requirements. SBS Arabic 24 spoke to Dr Al Janabi, Iraqi Water Resources MP, who is currently visiting Australia in this regard. You can listen to the interview in this audio.

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