Ahmed al-Waseai

Dec 6, 2023 | occrp.org | Ahmed al-Waseai |Rana Sabbagh |Selma Mhaoud |Abdulwahed Alobaly

Abdullah Mubarak bin Badr, a tribal leader who lives nearby, recalled how, a few months earlier, flash floods had carried wastewater from the oil site down into the valley. “When it rains, a black substance accumulates under the date trees,” he said.