![A fisheman throws his net in the Euphrates river, in Iraq's Shatrah district of the southern Dhi Qar province, on June 4, 2020. The water hyacinth, nicknamed "Nile flower", an invasive plant native to South America that has ravaged ecosystems across the world, was introduced to Iraq just two decade ago as a decorative plant, but now the country's celebrated Tigris and Euphrates rivers are suffering from its unstoppable spread across their surfaces.
/ AFP / Asaad NIAZI](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/XL7QWP76JHQRWCFHVBOBAWHC3Q.jpg?smart=true&auth=2b772a7b1aca9699e7a9df1e3e98f90645eeef7649c2449b06ad750da0bcd4af&width=400&height=225)
A fisheman throws his net in the Euphrates river, in Iraq's Shatrah district of the southern Dhi Qar province. AFP
A fisheman throws his net in the Euphrates river, in Iraq's Shatrah district of the southern Dhi Qar province. AFP
Iraq's shrinking water supplies could put country 'on the edge'
The conflict-riven country has seen its water infrastructure degrade over decades both from neglect and war damage
Thomson Reuters Foundation
09 July, 2020