Iraq: Drought threatens herders’ millennia-old way of life • FRANCE 24 English

Watheq Abbas leads his herd of buffalo to graze on the wetlands of southern Iraq, just as his father did before him. However, persistent drought has decimated his herd in recent years, as the marshes continue to shrink.
#Iraq #drought #buffaloes

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Post from France 24 on August 26, 2025

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