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Levels of Iraq’s Tigris and Euphrates Plunge
April 7th, 2023
Via Terra Daily, a report on how levels of Iraq’s Tigris and Euphrates have plunged in the south: Iraq’s Tigris and Euphrates rivers have witnessed a sharp decrease in their levels in the south of the country, officials said Sunday, pledging to take urgent measures to ease water shortages.In Nasiriyah, capital of the southern province […]
Read more »Erdogan Pledges To Ease Iraq’s Water Shortage
April 7th, 2023
Via Terra Daily, an article on Turkey’s water outreach to Iraq: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged Tuesday to step up the flow of water along the Tigris River to drought-stricken Iraq for one month.Baghdad accuses Ankara of withholding water in dams that choke the Tigris and Euphrates rivers near their point of origin in […]
Read more »Water Scarcity in the Arab World
January 27th, 2023
Via Geopolitical Futures, a report on the Arab World’s water challenges: Many prosperous ancient civilizations in the Arab world had at least one thing in common: an abundance of water. Today, however, the Arab region in West Asia and North Africa could become the most water-scarce area in the world. Demand is rising, driven […]
Read more »Tigris: Iraq’s Mighty River Drying Up
October 31st, 2022
Via Al Monitor, an article on the Tigris: It was the river that is said to have watered the biblical Garden of Eden and helped give birth to civilisation itself. But today the Tigris is dying. Human activity and climate change have choked its once mighty flow through Iraq, where — with its twin river […]
Read more »Iraqi Kurd Farmers Battle Drought As Lake Dukan Retreats
July 26th, 2022
Via Space War, an article on Iraqi Kurd farmers battling drought as Lake Dukan retreats: Farmers in Iraqi Kurdistan seeking to irrigate crops face seeing their economic lifeline slip away as the waters of Lake Dukan recede and dams upstream in Iran stem the flow. Bapir Kalkani, who is also a trade unionist, farms near the […]
Read more »Iraq Asks Turkey To Release More Water
July 18th, 2022
Via Terra Daily, an article on Iraq’s request to Turkey to release more water: Iraq on Saturday asked Ankara to increase the flow of water downstream along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, as both countries face droughts and tensions over resource management. Baghdad regularly complains that dams constructed in neighbouring countries impact its river levels. Water […]
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