The MP for the Sadiqoun Bloc, Zainab Jumaa Al-Mousawi, confirmed today, Saturday, that “the complete drought of the Hawizeh Marsh in Maysan Governorate, and the almost complete drought of the Chabayish Marsh in Dhi Qar Governorate, is a serious warning of the water situation in the country, specifically the cities of southern Iraq.”

Al-Mousawi said in a statement, “The policies of the riparian countries are the main reason for the drying up of the Iraqi marshes, the death of tons of fish, and the random migration of residents towards the cities, the latest of which is the drying of the Hawizeh Marsh in Maysan Governorate and the Chabayish Marsh in Dhi Qar Governorate.”

MP Al-Moussawi called on the Iraqi government to use the economic paper against the riparian countries in order to recover Iraq’s water rights.

She stressed: “The success of the Iraqi economic weapon will be effective if the government takes serious steps that will achieve the goals envisaged for its use, and make it clear to the riparian countries that cutting off water from Iraq will affect their economic interests inside Iraq, as it will reflect on the relationship with them.”

Source: National Iraqi News Agency