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...
take the link, go to archive.ph or other archive site and put it in the archive now field. Wait a couple min and it will return a link you can view (and share with others like this one) https://archive.ph/U7qET
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
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
take the link, go to archive.ph or other archive site and put it in the archive now field. Wait a couple min and it will return a link you can view (and share with others like this one) https://archive.ph/U7qET
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