Looks like climate change and mother nature might do what nobody else could. 154 degrees Fahrenheit (heat index) is ridiculous. Several more summers like this and everyone will have either left the middle east or be dead.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/middle-east-heat-wave_55bba9dae4b0b23e3ce29439?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/middle-east-heat-wave_55bba9dae4b0b23e3ce29439?