Now we are working on a project to use Saharan dust to seed some clouds in South Eastern Turkey. The professor is speaking of plans to use the dust as cloud-seeding material. If enough dust could be gathered, it could be utilised to force precipitation from otherwise ambivalent clouds. Satellite images tell us when and where to go and also measure cloud temperatures. You just fly to the area and seed the clouds.
Nature takes care of the rest.
To avoid the danger of flooding from heavy rains, the team has been waiting for cold weather so that any precipitation created will fall as snow. The Syrians and Iraqis wait with ready umbrellas. The Sahara used to be a much wetter place than it is today. The thriving societies of ancient Egypt, Carthage and certain tribes in Mali and Mauritania once made a bountiful living from the marshy wetlands of the region. Crocodile skeletons have been found miles from any river source, indicating that heavy seasonal rainfalls did occur.