Euphrates

Syrian government troops patrol through the streets of Tabqa, in Raqa province, on the southwestern banks of the Euphrates on January 18, 2026. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP via Getty Images)
Syria
MENA
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Government forces seize major oil, gas fields in eastern Syria

Syrian government forces seized the country's largest oil field and another gas field in the east, as Kurdish-led forces headed east of the Euphrates

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 January, 2026
Iraq
MENA
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Levels of Tigris and Euphrates rivers plunge in Iraq's south

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 February, 2023
Jawad Kadhim shows the different stages of boatbuilding from his workshop in Huwair [Azhar Al-Rubaie]
Iraq
Environment and Climate
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Drought threatens to render boatbuilding extinct in Iraq

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Azhar Al-Rubaie

20 July, 2022
Iraq
MENA
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Iraq asks Turkey to release more water along its rivers

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 July, 2022
Syrian soldier walks along Euphrates River
Turkey.
MENA
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Euphrates River drying endangers 2.5 million Syrians: monitor

The New Arab Staff
07 May, 2021
Syrians fleeing Manbij [AFP]
US
MENA
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Residents flee as Syrian fighters near IS-held town

The New Arab & agencies
07 June, 2016
Ramadi: the sacrifice of the city [al-Araby al-Jadeed]
US
Analysis
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Iraq: 80% of Ramadi destroyed

The New Arab
30 December, 2015
euphrates
Turkey
MENA
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Islamic State fighters tell residents to flee Syria's Raqqa

The New Arab
29 December, 2015
Ramadi AFP
Ramadi
MENA
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Video: Iraqi forces close in on Ramadi

The New Arab & agencies
10 December, 2015
Gate to Great Mosque of Samarra
Suicide Bombers
MENA
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Iraq: Bomb attack stopped in Anbar, caution in Samarra

The New Arab
04 December, 2015
Iraq Tigris river baghdad GETTY
water security
Analysis
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Iraq facing crisis as water supplies dry up

Amir al-Obaidi
30 April, 2015