By Amina Ismail and Maha El Dahan DIWANIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - Abbas Elwan drilled well after well in a desperate bid to find water for his family's par.
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Region forms part of the so-called Fertile Crescent, which runs from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf, where farming developed more than 10,000 years ago