Fishermen face dwindling yield as drought hits Iraq’s Razzaza lake


Karbala (Iraq) (AFP) – Fishermen in central Iraq have seen the quantity and variety of fish in Karbala’s Razzaza Lake dwindle in recent years. Since Saddam Hussein’s embankment system draining southern marshes, severe droughts and shortages of water have hit the once plentiful lake.

©AFP

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