Leaders in the Middle East and North Africa region lack the political determination to solve water tensions in drought-stricken countries and a water conflict is looming, a former member of the World Water Council said.
“The MENA region is hot and arid, and 12 out of the 17 most water-stressed countries, including Iran, Qatar, Israel and Lebanon, are located in this area and the scale and impact of water crisis today is unprecedented,” Abbasqoli Jahani was also quoted as saying by ILNA.
So long as countries like Turkey and Afghanistan extract as much water as they like from shared water resources, namely cross-border rivers, it is very likely that the thorny issue could trigger not only environmental disasters but also provoke regional conflicts, he added.
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