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Water returns, breathing life into Iraq’s ancient marshes

Iraq

Water returns, breathing life into Iraq’s ancient marshes

After years of drought that left large swathes of Iraq's historic marshes cracked and empty, rising water levels are beginning to revive the wetlands, drawing buffalo herders and fishermen back to areas once abandoned.

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