Water fight

Iraq called on Turkey on Sunday to release more water down the Euphrates river, saying the country’s farms and drinking water supplies were at stake.

Aseel Kami reports for Reuters Turkish authorities told a visiting Iraqi lawmaker last month they had boosted the flow of the Euphrates through Turkish dams upstream of Iraq to help farmers cope with drought.

But Iraq’s Water Resources Minister Abdul Latif Rasheed told Turkey on Sunday nothing had been done, his ministry said….

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