Euphrates River

Deir Ezzor Euphrates flooding
Euphrates
Society
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Euphrates floods trigger new displacement for Syrian families

After years of war and displacement, Syrian families along the Euphrates are once again being forced from their homes as floodwaters engulf communities

Hadia Al Mansour
11 June, 2026
This aerial picture shows a view of the Euphrates river as water levels drop due to drought in the city of Al-Kifl, southwest of Iraq's Babil province
Iraq
MENA
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Turkey and Iraq reach draft agreement on sharing water

The New Arab Staff
11 October, 2025
Iraqi farmers gather on a street in the central city of Diwaniyah on October 4, 2025, to protest against the government's policy of curbing land cultivation to preserve dwindling water supplies. (Photo by HAYDER INDHAR/AFP via Getty Images)
Iraq
Environment
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Iraqi farmers protest cultivation ban amid severe drought

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 October, 2025
A fisherman sits in his boat near swathes of water hyacinth, a water-consuming invasive bloom which thrives and clusters in low flow waterways, blocking the area around the supporting beams of the al-Zaytun bridge on the Euphrates river in Nasiriyah, in Iraq's southern Dhi Qar province on September 9, 2025.
Euphrates River
Environment
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Invasive plants and bacteria threaten Iraq's Euphrates

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 September, 2025
Iraq drought - AFP
Iraq
MENA
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Iraq secures Turkish water boost as drought crisis deepens

Dana Taib Menmy
03 July, 2025
Iraq water crisis
Iraq
MENA
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Iraq launches regional water initiative amid historic shortages

Dana Taib Menmy
28 May, 2025
A crane flies above as Water buffaloes graze in Iraq's receding marshes of Hawizeh, which straddle the border with Iran, in the southeastern Maysan province
Iraq
Environment
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Droughts in Iraq endanger buffalo, and farmers' livelihoods

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 April, 2025
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Iraq
History
Travel
Society
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Iraq's boat clubs: Preserving heritage and connections

Winthrop Rodgers

Winthrop Rodgers

22 May, 2024
Turkey-Syria earthquake
MENA
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Quake damage to Turkish dams sees water flow to NE Syria

The New Arab (From the Arabic Edition)
17 February, 2023
Mesopotamian Marshes
Iraq
Environment and Climate
Live Story

The weaponisation of water and Iraq's climate catastrophe

Saoud Khalaf

Saoud Khalaf

12 January, 2023
Euphrates River
MENA
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6,000 Iraqi wells to be drilled to reduce drought effects

The New Arab Staff
16 July, 2022
Syria
MENA
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'Aleppo boil' disease infects thousands in northeast Syria

The New Arab Staff
21 December, 2021
Euphrates River Valley
Euphrates River
Culture
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Capturing the oral heritage of the Euphrates River Valley

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Karen Dabrowska

21 December, 2021
Euphrates river near the 1973 Tabqa Dam
drought
Environment and Climate
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Millions at risk as drought hits northeast Syria and Iraq

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Tabitha Sanders

15 December, 2021
Syria water crisis
war
MENA
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Clean water scarcity puts Syrian children at 'severe risk'

The New Arab & agencies
13 July, 2015