What is the dominant pressure system influencing baghdad's annual precipitation pattern?

Dry climates have unreliable year-to year precipitation and have a moisture deficit - potential evapotranspiration exceeds precipitation.  These climates dominate large portions of the subtropics and extend into the interiors of continents in the middle latitudes and cover nearly one-third of Earth’s lands surface. Desert (BW)

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