Pictures: Climate Change and Water Woes Drove ISIS Recruiting in Iraq
Published 14 Nov 2017, 08:41 GMT, Updated 16 Nov 2017, 14:01 GMT
IRAQ. Chibaish. 2014. An oven burns near a Marsh Arab family's reed hut. They have moved, with their animals, to this area in search of water. However, although much of the great Mesopotamian Marshes, drained under the rule of Saddam Hussein, have been re-flooded, vast areas remain dry and waterless.
Photograph by Carolyn Drake, MagnumAn Iraqi shepherd leads his camels in search of water in the Kut Desert, about 120 miles (180 kilometres) south of Baghdad. The country has seen years of drought, which ISIS recruiters exploited to attract followers.
Photograph by ALI AL-SAADI, AFP, Getty ImagesTurkey has built more than 600 large dams, in some cases flooding ancient cities like Hasankeyf, pictured. The dams have decreased the amount of water flowing across borders into Iraq and other countries.
Photograph by Carolyn Drake, Magnum