Water conflicts are ultimately solvable with political wisdom, diplomacy and a clear understanding of the grave consequences ...

Have you ever imagined a world where the great rivers we depend on—rivers that once seemed eternal—simply vanish? Across the ...

Country's share from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers shrinks A bridge spans the Tigris river near the Makhoul dam site, in northern Iraq's Salaheddine .province. AFP Baghdad: Iraq's water reserves ...

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 ...

The Bible describes a river flowing out of Eden that split into four branches — the Gihon, Pishon, Tigris, and Euphrates. Scholars have long assumed Eden was in Iraq, home to the Tigris and ...

In May 2010, controversy erupted over these agreements between the upstream and downstream countries, after five of the river’s upstream countries — Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda — ...

Mesopotamia is an ancient Greek word for “the land between two rivers” – the Tigris and Euphrates. People in ancient Mesopotamia depended on those rivers, but rivers are not always dependable.

These included the Nile Basin in Africa, the Tigris-Euphrates River Basins of southwestern Asia and the Helmand and Harirud Rivers along the border of Afghanistan and Iran.

The report from our recent workshop, "Water Politics in the Euphrates-Tigris Basin," is now available. It presents scenario planning outcomes and policy recommendations for sustainable water ...

Climate change has made drought in the Euphrates-Tigris River Basin likely once in 10 years, as opposed to every 250 years before average temperatures began to rise, according to a 2023 report by ...

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, ...