Tag: Euphrates River
Volunteers in Anbar Address Environmental Degradation of the Euphrates River
Ramadi in Anbar Governorate is one of 10 cities part of the environmental monitoring network of Humat Dijlah, partner organisation of Save the Tigris. Ramadi, largest city of…
Iraq Faces Harsh Summer of Water Shortages as Turkey and Iran Continue Dam Projects
This article was originally published by The National on 25 May 2021. The original can be found here. By Sinan Mahmoud and Robert Tollast Millions of Iraqis face an intolerably…
Catastrophic Decline of Euphrates River Water Level
Under hashtag #الفرات_ينحسر (the Euphrates declines), Syrians have been sharing photos of the water level of the Euphrates river on social media, showing how parts in along the…
Water Must Not be Used as a Weapon of War: Refrain from Civilian and Environmental Harm in Northeast Syria!
Statement by Save the Tigris Campaign, 12 October 2019 On 9 October, Turkey started a military offensive in northeast Syria. A move which will have disastrous consequences for…
Building the Network of Water Activists in Basra
It’s been one year since the city of Basra was rocked by large-scale protests following a major pollution crisis in which citizens decried the lack of access to…
Al Diwaniyah Forum Works to Resolve the Water Scarcity Crisis in Al-Badeer
Farmers in the Al-Badeer region from Kut province depend on water from the Euphrates River. Water shortages this year have caused massive damage to agricultural areas, drastically impacting…
Fact-Finding Team Report on the Humanitarian Situation in Basra
On 17 October 2018, a civil society Fact-Finding Team revealed serious human rights violations against citizens in Basra for their participation in this past summer’s protests. These findings…
Youth Water Activists Announce “Euphrates Protectors” in Nasiriyah!
20 passionate youth activists from cities along the Euphrates River have established a network of Humat Al-Forat, “Euphrates Protectors”, a new offshoot of Humat Dijlah (Tigris Protectors) Organisation.…
A New Campaign Protects the Euphrates from Pollution in Anbar
World Cleanup Day, 15 September, saw the launch of a new campaign by volunteers of the Peace Forum in Ramadi. They plan to defend Euphrates River against pollution,…
Youth in Babil Address Pollution of the Local Euphrates River Tributary
The Alyahodia River is a large branch of the Euphrates after the city of Al-Hindiya, also known as the Babylon Channel. In the past, its banks housed an…
Iraq and the Convention on the Law of the Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses of 1997
By Ismaeel Dawood Introduction To change the position of Iraqi authorities on the issue of shared water resources from non-commitment to solid defense on the basis of international…
Three Reasons Why Some People Downplay the Risk of the Ilisu Dam on Iraq?
In this intervention, the Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes Campaign aims to review the three most important reasons why concerned Iraqi authorities downplay the risk of the…