The Euphrates River is one of the most important water systems in recorded history. Located in Western Asia, at the very heart of the Middle East, the Euphrates-Tigris river system fed farmable ...

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

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

The big question is what comes next in Syria and how the government of Shara’a is able to navigate the differing agendas in ...

aimed at recapturing SDF-controlled territory on the west bank of the Euphrates River, near the Tishreen Dam and Qere Qozak Bridge, according to reports from the SDF. The SDF reported fierce ...

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

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Formed by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and the Mediterranean Sea, this region gave rise to some of the world’s earliest civilizations. Until the 19th century, Western scholars believed that ...