UAE: Cloud Wars: Mideast Rivalries Rise along a New Front

Aug 28, 2022 | Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times
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Iranian officials have worried for years that other nations have been depriving them of one of their vital water sources. But it was not an upstream dam that they were worrying about, or an aquifer being bled dry. In 2018, amid a searing drought and rising temperatures, some senior officials concluded that someone was stealing their water from the clouds.