CHAPTER TWO
WHY AND IN WHAT CONTEXTS DOES WATER CONTRIBUTE TO CONFLICT AND FORCED DISPLACEMENT? We left because of the conflict. Our house was wrecked by a bomb and the village became isolated as everyone left. Thus, we left. —Name withheld, Syrian refugee, Zaatari camp, Jordan, September 2020
Regional conflict is rooted in the political side of issues, with many levels of political conflict that took the region into the chaos it experiences today. —Name withheld, Jordanian geopolitical expert, July 2020
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