Water crisis and drought threaten 12 million in Syria, Iraq
Al JazeeraThe unfolding water crisis will soon become an ‘unprecedented catastrophe’ across Syria and Iraq, NGOs say. “With hundreds of thousands of Iraqis still displaced and many more still fleeing for their lives in Syria, the unfolding water crisis will soon become an unprecedented catastrophe pushing more into displacement,” he added. “In the longer term, beyond emergency food and water, they need to invest in sustainable solutions to the water crisis.” Since autumn 2020, unseasonably low levels of rainfall across the eastern Mediterranean basin have contributed to drought conditions in Syria and Iraq, according to a UN report in June. Five million at risk in Syria According to the report, more than five million people in Syria who depend on river water were directly impacted by the burgeoning water crisis as hundreds of kilometres of agricultural land risked total drought. ‘Crisis to get worse’ The Danish Refugee Council’s Middle East Regional Director Gerry Garvey warned the water crisis was “bound to get worse” threatening to further destabilise the region.
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