NAJAF, Iraq, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Iraqi wheat farmer Ma’an al-Fatlawi has long depended on the nearby Euphrates River to feed his fields near the city of Najaf. But this year, those waters, which made the Fertile Crescent a cradle of ancient civilisation 10,000 years ago, are drying up, and he sees few options. Read full story
Iraq's dreams of wheat independence dashed by water crisis
