Water: Weaponisation of Thirst: Gulf Discovers Water Supply Is a Strategic Liability as US Eyes It to Pay for War

Mar 31, 2026
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After oil and gas facilities, another equally important lifeline of the Gulf region has come under attack: desalination plants and water supply infrastructure. As both the United States and Iran have indicated they would strike these plants in any new escalation, Arab countries are facing fresh costs in the conflict they did not start. They overwhelmingly depend on these plants for drinking water.