DANA STROUL is Director of Research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and served as U.S. Deputy Assistant ...

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Starting in November 2010, 97 communities were flooded or isolated by the 2010-2011 floods, with 33 people losing their lives. By the 'end' of the tragedy, 2.5 million people were impacted and the ...