By Salam FARAJ BAGHDAD, Feb 21, 2024 (AFP) – Stricken by drought and depleted by upstream dams, Iraq’s once mighty rivers the Tigris and Euphrates are suffocating under pollutants from sewage to medical waste. In a country where half the population lacks access to safe drinking water, according to UN figures, state institutions are to blame for a man-made disaster which is turning rivers into waste dumps. “What is strange about water pollution in Iraq […]