Millions at risk of climate displacement in Middle East

According to UNICEF, of the 17 most water-scarce countries in the world, 11 are in the Middle East or North Africa

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A boat on the dried-up bed of a section of Iraq's receding southern marshes of Chibayish in Dhi Qar province. AFP Photo
By NewVision Reporter
Journalists @NewVision
#Climate Change #Middle East #United Nations

Little rainfall, aggressive heatwaves and worsening drought make the Middle East the most water-stressed region in the world, with climate change threatening to displace millions of people.

Hussein Abu Saddam, head

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