Hey , Iraqi here, I live in iraq , not that interested in the political situation but I’ll give an overview…
Stuff are pretty stable compared to bloody years like 2006-2008
As mentioned by some other people above , political truces are keeping everyone kinda calm with some outrage every now & then
Infrastructure is still subpar , especially when it comes to electricity in peak summer temps that reach the high 40 celsius range
Regarding countries that border us , Iran is as usual the one with most influence and control here , whether politically due to their connections with the major religious/ political Shia Parties or due to their stinginess with natural gas exports to us , which has an enormous effect since our electricity grid depends on it , as far as I understand at least
Turkey are hurting us too with water since our two rivers originate from their land , they’re building dams and limiting the amount of water that comes to us , leading to drying down of many significant water bodies in the southern part of our country
If you have any other questions , hit me up in the replies
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Hey , Iraqi here, I live in iraq , not that interested in the political situation but I’ll give an overview…
Stuff are pretty stable compared to bloody years like 2006-2008 As mentioned by some other people above , political truces are keeping everyone kinda calm with some outrage every now & then Infrastructure is still subpar , especially when it comes to electricity in peak summer temps that reach the high 40 celsius range Regarding countries that border us , Iran is as usual the one with most influence and control here , whether politically due to their connections with the major religious/ political Shia Parties or due to their stinginess with natural gas exports to us , which has an enormous effect since our electricity grid depends on it , as far as I understand at least Turkey are hurting us too with water since our two rivers originate from their land , they’re building dams and limiting the amount of water that comes to us , leading to drying down of many significant water bodies in the southern part of our country
If you have any other questions , hit me up in the replies
That water thing, more than anything else, seems quite ominous…
Any news about that?
I was just reading this article about it:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/29/world/middleeast/iraq-water-crisis-desertification.html
Got hit with the ol’ NYT paywall
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Whats going on with the currency the dinar? A lot of people are convinced it’s some great investment opportunity but it sounds relatively unstable