(14 Jul 2025)
IRAQ VILLAGE RESURFACING
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Zummar district, Iraq – 10 July 2025
1. Drone shot of structures that have resurfaced in the lake of Mosul Dam ++MUTE++
2. Top shot of houses that have resurfaced in old Zummar village ++MUTE++
3. Drone shot of buildings and structures in the village ++MUTE++
4. Building that has resurfaced
5. Various of buildings in the village, dried land and dead fish
6. Villagers walking by building that has resurfaced
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmad al Ber, writer from the old Zummar village in Mosul:
"A week ago, this area had not appeared. But because the (water) releases from Turkey were limited and at the same time, the release of water from the dam was a lot. So, what was going out from the dam was much higher than what was coming in. There were 60 cubic meters per seconds coming from Turkey, but they (dam management) were releasing 320 cubic meters per second. Therefore, all these areas resurfaced, and farms have almost dried up. Even the fishery has declined."
8. Dried land in the area
9. Building that has resurfaced
10. Dead fish on resurfaced land
11. Children sitting by lake
12. Resurfaced trees and building in the area
13. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmad al-Ber, writer from the old Zummar village in Mosul:
"A person is attached to people, memories and places. And once he leaves, these places hold moments. Now, every single memory here has its own scent and taste from that time. So it is as if we never left it and are still living in it."
14. People getting ready to swim in the lake
15. Partly resurfaced building in the lake
16. Building that has fully resurfaced by lake
17. Villagers walking around the buildings
18. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmad Mohammed, activist and school principal in Zummar:
"Since the start of the problem when Turkey stopped releasing water and until now, we suffer from a lack of water. More than 33 villages haven’t received water. Agriculture in the area is gone. Fishery and livestock in the area are gone."
19. Security forces standing by pipes extended to the lake
20. Various of Zummar water pumping facility
21. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmad Mohammed, activist and school principal in Zummar:
"The area is suffering from such a lack of water that the water directorate in Zummar has relocated their equipment of pipes and water pumps in the lake more than 20 times during this period. The water declines every day, and they have to take the equipment further into the water."
22. Pan of dried-up land around the lake
23. Villagers gather to visit their resurfaced village
24. Resurfaced houses in the old Zummar village
25. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Salih Abd, retired teacher from the old Zummar village:
"Zummar (village) reminds us of our ancestors, uncles and friends. Zummar was the ideal community, and was home to Arabs, Kurds, Yazidis, Turkmani and Christians."
26. Reemerged trees in the area around the lake
27. Villagers leaving the area
28. Wide of resurfaced old village of Zummar
STORYLINE:
An old Iraqi village that was submerged under the Mosul Dam Lake decades ago during the construction of the dam has resurfaced due to a massive decline in the water level at the dam.
The old village of Zummar was submerged underneath the lake in 1985, after the construction of Mosul Dam in the early 1980s.
Locals have been visiting the site to see the newly resurfaced school, village houses and other buildings.
The Tigris River and small tributaries from the rainy season are the main sources of water for the Mosul Dam Lake.
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