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Fertile Crescent 'will disappear this century'
Is it the final curtain for the Fertile Crescent? This summer, as Turkish dams reduce the Tigris and Euphrates rivers to a trickle, farmers abandon their desiccated fields across Iraq and Syria, and...
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Iraq's new war is a fight for water
Iraq’s devastating water shortages have three main causes: upstream dams in Turkey and Syria have drastically reduced the flow of the Tigris and Euphrates; rainfall levels have hit record lows; and...
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Severe drought affects 1.3 million in Syria
More than 800,000 people have lost their livelihoods in a four-year dry spell exacerbated by climate change and rising food prices. Almost half of them live in urban makeshift camps. Deraa, Syria - The...
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Water-short Iraq faces new peril: the sea
Iraq's water crisis is getting worse by the day, adding to the political uncertainty sweeping the country ahead of potentially incendiary parliamentary elections in January. On top of the cutbacks in...
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In the Face of “Nile-lessness” Egyptians Protest Water Shortages
Hotter summers, intense irrigation and threats of losing their Nile, Egyptians are under quota for water compared to other Arab nations. They take to the streets. Looking at Google Earth (above) truly...
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For Egypt, new Sudan state threat to Nile River control
The expected emergence of a new state in southern Sudan following a January independence referendum is causing alarm in Cairo because the signs are the infant state will join other African countries...
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How Climate Change Worsened Violence In Syria
In October 2010, just months before a Tunisian street vendor self-immolated and sparked what would become the Arab Spring, a prolonged drought was turning Syria’s verdant farmland into dust. By last...
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Without Water, Revolution
Without Water, RevolutionBy Thomas FriedmanExcerpt:"You can’t imagine the war here continuing for another year, let alone five. But when you feel the depth of the rage against the Assad government and...
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