The Euphrates River is located in the heart of the Middle East, and is one of the longest rivers in Western Asia. The Euphrates River is drying up because of global climate change and human impact, ...

Syria reaffirms commitment to Iraq's Euphrates water share (58% of Turkey's flow) amid scarcity crisis. Joint monitoring station planned as Turkey must maintain 500m³/sec minimum. Iraq seeks increased ...

River flows have fallen by 40% in the last four decades as the states along its length — Turkey, Syria, Iran and Iraq — pursue rapid, unilateral development of the water’s use.

The Euphrates River also runs through a war-torn part of the world in Syria, where a 12-year civil war has caused chaos, and Iraq, where protracted conflict has also led to a lack of stability. Read ...