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The Blue Nile River after the filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam reservoir near the Ethiopian-Sudanese border, on 6 November 2020.

Global water bankruptcy and what can be done about it

An eye-opening UN report revealing the extent of the problem posed by rapidly diminishing freshwater reserves is a sobering read

Mohammed Mansour 26 January 2026

Shushtar is an ancient fortress city. Much of its past agricultural productivity derives from the Roman-built irrigation system which centered on the Band-e Kaisar, the first dam bridge in Iran.

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A dam problem: How Iran’s water crisis flows from the Revolutionary Guard

Fears grow that much of Iran will be uninhabitable in 40 years as it diverts rivers to feed nuclear plans, worsening a long drought and risking social unrest, at the behest of the military elite

Badia Fahs 07 August 2023

A demonstrator approaches a boat stuck in the dried-up bank of a canal, during a rally at the Umm El Wadaa marsh, southeast of the Iraqi city of Nasiriyah on August 16, 2022, to demand solutions for water scarcity and drought.

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Water woes multiply in Iraq and the greater region

Worsening water scarcity threatens much of the Arab world as Iraq struggles to plan for the future

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A Syrian man fills up water from a water tank, provided by humanitarian organisations, during a water outage in Syria's northeastern city of Hasakah on August 22, 2020. (Getty)

Turkey Continues to Hold Euphrates from Flowing to Syria

Officials in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, in addition to advocacy groups such as “Syrian Observatory for Human Rights”, denounced Turkey’s decision to reduce the amount of…

Jiwan Soz 14 May 2021

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