Iran cut flow river to Kurdistan caused to massive fish kill at Zab River dries up in the Kurdistan Region town of Qaladze in Sulaymaniyah 

The building of water storage facilities by both Turkey and Iran along with irregular rainfall has reduced the water level in Iraq's main rivers by at least 40 per cent in recent decades, the country's Water Resource Ministry said.

“The ministry warned nine months ago of a shortage in water, it has called for necessary measures to be taken into place to combat this issue,” Hassan Al Janabi, the Minister of Water Resources said on Saturday.