Turkey, Iraq and Syria in water crisis summit

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Source: CNN

ISTANBUL, Turkey (CNN) -- Turkish, Iraqi and Syrian ministers met in Ankara on Thursday to discuss water shortages in the major Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which run through all three countries.


Iraqi fishermen ride their motor boat in the waters of the Tigris River in Baghdad.

The meeting comes amid a diplomatic spat over Iraqi accusations that Syria is harboring terrorists.

The Tigris River has plunged to record low levels, Iraqi farmers told CNN. Iraq is suffering a drought that its officials are calling a "catastrophe."

Baghdad and Damascus want Turkey, where the source of the Tigris and Euphrates is located, to increase the flow of water passing through its network of dams.


Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/03/turkey.water.shortage/

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