View of a dried-up shore of an irrigation canal near the village of Sayyed Dakhil, to the east of Nasariyah city some 300 kilometres, south of Baghdad. AFP
View of a dried-up shore of an irrigation canal near the village of Sayyed Dakhil, to the east of Nasariyah city some 300 kilometres, south of Baghdad. AFP

Basra hospitalisations caused by Iran water blockade, says Iraqi minister