Most of the region’s desalinated water comes from a small number of desalination plants—and storage is patchy. The risks during conflict are obvious https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2026/03/26/in-the-current-gulf-war-water-may-prove-as-decisive-as-oil?taid=7725747d-0dbf-47c5-97a0-49ad76a0c519
