For those who haven't seen it, a Reuters report on the desertification of agruiculture in Iraq.
https://uk.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/iraq-water-nineveh/
This won'tbe the first time that what could be, and once was, a fertile region has been plagues by drought, war, deprivation.....
http://fooddeserts.org/images/000Islam.htm
Dr Hillary J. Shaw
Director and Senior Research Consultant
Shaw Food Solutions
Newport
Shropshire
TF10 8QE
www.fooddeserts.org