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From the Tigris and Euphrates to the Nile: The Middle East’s unresolved Water Disputes
In 1946, Iraq signed a friendship and good neighborliness ... of rules regulating the use of the waters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and their tributaries. Later, the two countries agreed ...
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Iraq: Water, Life, and the Fight Against Climate
In an instant, dark clouds engulfed the sky, obscuring the scorching sun in Al-Hizamat, a small village near Afak district in Iraq's Diwaniyah Governorate. Rain was imminent. Almost. A few minutes ...
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The Euphrates River, at the 'Cradle of Civilization,' Is Drying Up
The Euphrates River is one of the most important water systems in recorded history. Located in Western Asia, at the very heart of the Middle East, the Euphrates-Tigris river system fed farmable ...
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The Decimation of the Fertile Crescent’s Marshlands is Destabilizing Iraq
Mesopotamia, the ancient cradle of civilization between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and the primary region for agricultural production in Iraq, is drying up and withering away. It is slowly dying.
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95% fish, 30% buffalos in Iraq’s marshes are lost: NGO
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers are key water sources for Iraq. About 75 percent of Iraq’s water comes from neighboring Iran and Turkey, and 20 to 25 percent is from internal sources.
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Falling waters of Euphrates, Tigris rivers reveal submerged archaeological sites
Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...
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Euphrates River
A large network of ancient irrigation canals has been discovered in Iraq’s Eridu region ... was used to divert Euphrates River water to farms. Researchers traced the canals using satellite ...
3,000-Year-Old Mesopotamian Canal System Found in Iraq, Unveiling Ancient Irrigation Methods
Researchers in Iraq have uncovered an extensive Mesopotamian canal system used for irrigation over 3,000 years ago.
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In Turkey, a power play will leave ancient towns underwater
The irrigation of Harran is considered one of the project’s successes, but people in Syria and Iraq complain that Turkey’s dams threaten water flows from the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers ...
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The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities
The Ahwar of Southern Iraq – also known as the Iraqi Marshlands – are ... East and West Hammar and Central Marshes of the Ahwar are predominantely fed by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. The Huwaizah ...
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From the Tigris and Euphrates to the Nile: WANA’s unresolved water disputes
In 1946, Iraq signed a friendship and good neighborliness treaty with Turkey, to which six protocols were attached; the first protocol included a number of rules regulating the use of the waters of ...