Iraq approves Paris climate accord in step toward curtailing oil dependence - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

Jan 20, 2021

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY MARWAN IBRAHIM
An Iraqi Arab farmer looks at arid agricultural land in the Hawijah district of Kirkuk in northern Iraq on January 29, 2011. A worsening water shortage in Iraq is raising tensions in the multi-ethnic Kirkuk province, where Arab farmers accuse the Kurdistan region of ruining them by closing the valves to a dam in winter. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN IBRAHIM (Photo credit should read MARWAN IBRAHIM/AFP via Getty Images) — An Iraqi farmer looks at arid agricultural land in the Hawijah district of Kirkuk in northern Iraq on Jan. 29, 2011. — MARWAN IBRAHIM/AFP via Getty Images

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