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Story summary
- Iraq faces a water crisis as the Tigris and Euphrates shrink from dams, climate change, and mismanagement, impacting agriculture and displacing over 168,000 people.
- Iraq signed a multi-billion-dollar Water Cooperation Framework Agreement with Turkey to fund water infrastructure using oil revenues.
- Officials say the deal preserves sovereignty, but experts warn it could boost Turkey's influence and threaten Iraq's resource control.
- Farmers express mixed feelings about the agreement, hoping for improvements.
