Drought Withers Iraqi Farms, Food Supplies

Iraq has one of the largest oil reserves in the world, but it’s running out of another valuable commodity: water.

Iraq’s ancient name, Mesopotamia, means the land between two rivers: the Tigris and the Euphrates, which flow into Iraq from Turkey and Syria. But water is now so limited for agriculture that Iraq imports 80 percent of the food Iraqis eat.

…The water shortage is so acute across so many borders that an international group monitoring sustainable development warns shortages could lead to water wars