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Iraq’s Ancient Marshes Are Running Out of Time
Water buffalo gently glide through shallow water canals that snake throughout Iraq’s southern Mesopotamian Marshes, their ...
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The strategic Tishrin Dam has become a flashpoint in post-Assad Syria
Clashes in Syria have increased at the Tishrin Dam, a strategic site on the Euphrates River around 30 miles south of the ...
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Syria, Iraq set to seal Euphrates sharing accord
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 ...
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Could the unrest in Syria spillover into Iraq? Iran seems to think so - analysis
The main crossing for extremists who have flooded into Iraq in the past has been from the Euphrates River Valley. Many of the tribes in that valley in Syria generally felt kinship with Iraq and ...
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Book Review: The Wounded Tigris: A River Journey Through the Cradle of Civilization
McCarron’s new book, The Wounded Tigris: A River Journey through the Cradle of Civilization ... A studied reader will know the troubles that the Tigris-Euphrates Basin faces. Iraq is the fifth-most ...