Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

Ministry spokesperson Khaled Shamal highlighted the significance of established frameworks governing Euphrates River water ...

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Water buffalo gently glide through shallow water canals that snake throughout Iraq’s southern Mesopotamian Marshes, their ...

A long-lost oceanic plate is diving deep into the mantle, dragging down the crust above, researchers say. However, the plate ...

By John Lee. Prime Minister Mohammed S. Al-Sudani has overseen the signing of an $800-million contract for the expansion of ...

Syrian Irrigation Minister Taha al-Atrash is expected in Iraq soon to seal an accord on sharing the waters of the Euphrates River, a newspaper said Monday. Iraq's Irrigation Minister Mahmoud ...

but the first fruits of Iraq’s wisdom are beginning to ripen. By the Rivers of Babylon. The development board has already built irrigation dams across the Tigris and Euphrates north of Baghdad ...

Clashes in Syria have increased at the Tishrin Dam, a strategic site on the Euphrates River around 30 miles south of the ...