Twilight of the Tigris: Iraq’s mighty river is drying up
Drought has shrunken the watercourse that is crucial to the region’s agriculture; ecological awareness remains low among Iraq’s general public Today, 6:33 am BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) — It was the river that is said to have watered the biblical Garden of Eden and helped give birth to civilization itself. But today the Tigris is dying. Human […]