BAGHDAD/ Aswat al-Iraq: White Iraqiya bloc charged Turkey today with blackmailing Iraq and called the Iraqi government to summon the Turkish ambassador to protest building Aleso dam on the Tigris River.

 

 

The dam will result in decreasing water flow in the Tigris River.

 

 

In a statement, its secretary general Jamal al-Bateekh called Turkey to give Iraq its water portion according to international law.

 

 

Aleso dam is the greatest among Turkish dams, with storage capacity of 11 billion cubic meters, which will result in decreasing the water flow into the Iraqi territories.

 

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