Diplomatic resolutions are complicated by the unpredictable flow of the Tigris, but Turkey’s control of 88.7% of the Euphrates basin’s water potential is the main strain on water relations.

“The last time we planted the seed, it went green, then suddenly it died,” he said. The starkly different realities are playing out along the length of the Tigris-Euphrates river basin, one of ...

Water agreements between Iraq and Turkey. Many disputes have occurred between Ankara and Baghdad over the division of the ...

DAWWAYAH, Iraq and ILISU DAM, Turkey - Next year, the water will come. The pipes have been laid to Ata Yigit’s sprawling farm in Turkey’s southeast connecting it to a dam on the Euphrates River.

The Euphrates River is located in the heart of the Middle East, and is one of the longest rivers in Western Asia. The Euphrates River is drying up because of global climate change and human impact, ...

Water has emerged as a new front for power and leverage in a region already burdened by war, political instability, and climate extremes. This is more evident than in the Tigris-Euphrates river ...

A FARMER’S DREAM. Turkey has been harnessing the river basin with a massive project to boost agriculture and generate hydroelectricity. Under its Southeast Anatolia Project, or GAP by its ...

The Euphrates River is drying up because of global climate change and human impact, with decreased rainfall into the river basin. Warmer temperatures have also led to increased evaporation especially ...

A combination of climate change and politics is threatening the Tigris-Euphrates river system, one of the world’s most vulnerable watersheds Samya Kullab Friday 18 November 2022 06:19 GMT ...

Next year, his entire 4,500 acres will be watered via the Ataturk Dam on the Euphrates River. Lower water availability forced a revision in the area that GAP will irrigate, down to 1.05 million ...

The starkly different realities are playing out along the length of the Tigris-Euphrates river basin, one of the world's most vulnerable watersheds. River flows have fallen by 40% in the past four ...