Live Breaking News & Updates on Besmaya Al Qadeema

Rural Iraq is withering under a combined onslaught of environmental degradation and poor governance, and in few places is this more evident than among the fields and fast-expanding districts of peri-urban southern Baghdad. Peter Schwartzstein, an environmental journalist who covers water, food security, and conflict-climate issues across the Middle East and Africa, talks with farmers across the area about their dire circumstances while providing thoughtful analysis, rich in context.
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