Editorial illustration of Iraqi engineers planning water and irrigation projects beside a river.

اَلْعِرَاقُ يُفَعِّلُ اتِّفَاقًا مَعَ تُرْكِيَا لِتَنْفِيذِ مَشَارِيعَ مَائِيَّةٍ

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صَوَّتَ مَجْلِسُ الْوُزَرَاءِ الْعِرَاقِيُّ، مَسَاءَ السَّبْتِ الْخَامِسِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ تَمُّوزَ ٢٠٢٦، عَلَى تَفْعِيلِ اتِّفَاقٍ إِطَارِيٍّ مَعَ تُرْكِيَا فِي مَجَالِ الْمِيَاهِ. وَقَرَّرَ الْمَجْلِسُ أَنْ تَدْخُلَ آلِيَّةُ تَمْوِيلِ الْمَشَارِيعِ حَيِّزَ التَّنْفِيذِ فِي الْأَوَّلِ مِنْ أَيْلُولَ ٢٠٢٦.

تَسْمَحُ الْآلِيَّةُ لِلْجِهَاتِ الْحُكُومِيَّةِ الْعِرَاقِيَّةِ بِاخْتِيَارِ الْمَشَارِيعِ الَّتِي يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهَا قِطَاعُ الْمِيَاهِ. وَبَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ، تُعْلَنُ هٰذِهِ الْمَشَارِيعُ لِتَتَنَافَسَ عَلَيْهَا شَرِكَاتٌ تُرْكِيَّةٌ مُؤَهَّلَةٌ. وَتَنْصُّ الْآلِيَّةُ أَيْضًا عَلَى مُشَارَكَةِ شَرِكَاتٍ عِرَاقِيَّةٍ مُؤَهَّلَةٍ فِي التَّنْفِيذِ.

يُعَدُّ الْمَاءُ مَلَفًّا مُهِمًّا فِي الْعَلَاقَاتِ بَيْنَ الْعِرَاقِ وَتُرْكِيَا، لِأَنَّ نَهْرَيِ دِجْلَةَ وَالْفُرَاتِ يَجْرِيَانِ مِنْ تُرْكِيَا نَحْوَ الْعِرَاقِ. وَيُوَاجِهُ الْعِرَاقُ نَقْصًا فِي الْمِيَاهِ بِسَبَبِ الْجَفَافِ وَتَرَاجُعِ كَمِّيَّاتِ الْمِيَاهِ. وَتَأْمُلُ الْحُكُومَةُ أَنْ تُسَاعِدَ الْمَشَارِيعُ الْجَدِيدَةُ عَلَى تَحْسِينِ شَبَكَاتِ الرَّيِّ وَالْمَنْشَآتِ الْمَائِيَّةِ، وَعَلَى إِدَارَةِ الْمَوَارِدِ بِصُورَةٍ أَفْضَلَ.

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Iraq Activates Agreement with Türkiye for Water Projects

On the evening of Saturday, July 25, 2026, Iraq’s Council of Ministers voted to activate a framework agreement with Türkiye in the field of water. The council decided that the project-financing mechanism would enter into force on September 1, 2026.

The mechanism allows Iraqi government bodies to select projects needed by the water sector. These projects will then be announced so that qualified Turkish companies can compete for them. The mechanism also provides for qualified Iraqi companies to participate in implementation.

Water is an important issue in relations between Iraq and Türkiye because the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flow from Türkiye toward Iraq. Iraq faces water shortages because of drought and declining water volumes. The government hopes that the new projects will help improve irrigation networks and water facilities and support better resource management.

Key Vocabulary

Arabic Part of speech English
فَعَّلَ verb to activate; put into effect
اتِّفَاقٌ إِطَارِيٌّ noun phrase framework agreement
آلِيَّةٌ noun mechanism; system
تَمْوِيلٌ noun financing
حَيِّزُ التَّنْفِيذِ noun phrase state of being in force or effect
قِطَاعٌ noun sector
تَنَافَسَ verb to compete
مُؤَهَّلٌ adjective qualified
اَلْجَفَافُ noun drought
شَبَكَاتُ الرَّيِّ noun phrase irrigation networks
مَنْشَآتٌ مَائِيَّةٌ noun phrase water facilities
اَلْمَوَارِدُ plural noun resources

Sources

  1. Iraqi News Agency: Prime Minister Chairs the 12th Regular Session of the Council of Ministers
  2. Iraqi News Agency: INA Publishes Provisions of the Mechanism for Implementing the Water Cooperation Framework with Türkiye
  3. Shafaq News: Baghdad Activates Financing for Iraq-Türkiye Water Projects

This learner article is an original summary based on the sources above. The featured image is an AI-generated editorial illustration.

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