The politics of water: Iraq and Turkey

The Documentary by BBC

Oct 11, 202628:57Society & Culture

Two rivers helped build civilisation. Now they are at the centre of a geopolitical struggle that casts a shadow over the future of the Middle East. For centuries, the Tigris and Euphrates carried goods, armies and ideas,...

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