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On particularly bad, sleepless nights, Sofia finds herself worrying about whether the taps might run dry. "We are, at the end of the day, in a desert," said the United Arab Emirates resident. Oil and gas may be at the heart of the economy, but water is "the basis of our survival."
As the Iran war escalates, so do her fears. "If I were to put myself in the shoes of the enemy, for lack of a better term … this is what I would target, our most valuable resources … I never thought that I could be in danger of not having potable water," said Sofia, who asked that her real name not be used.
She is not alone, concerns are growing across the region that one of its greatest strengths could become a target of war.
A concerted attack on that infrastructure would be an almost "unthinkable escalation," Michael Christopher Low, director of the Middle East Center at the University of Utah, told CNN.
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