BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Turkey has agreed to release more water from the Euphrates river to drought-ravaged Iraq, an Iraqi official said on Saturday, after the heaviest rains in Turkey for 80 years caused deadly floods in Istanbul.
Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said Turkey had agreed to increase outflow from the Euphrates river to between 450 and 500 cubic metres per second until Oct. 20, after which the government would have to seek another deal.
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