Flooding in southern Iran has killed at least 22 people and left one person missing after torrential rains in the largely desert country, according to a local official. Officials from the local
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According to a Jordanian minister on Tuesday, Syria has rejected a request to supply Jordan with 30 million cubic meters of water. Minister of Water and Irrigation Muhammad Al-Najjar said in statements
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The long-lived tacit row between Turkey and Iran has come to the fore again with a new occasion. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian stated in a special session in parliament on May
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Lebanon’s water supply system is on the edge of a breakdown. In July, a report published by UNICEF warned that most of the country’s water flow would steadily cease across the country
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Rising temperatures, low levels of rainfall, and drought are depriving people of access to drinking and agricultural water. Overall, climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and decreasing water flows into the Euphrates River
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Turkish and Russian military officials have agreed to cooperate to find a solution for water and electricity cuts in Al-Hasakah city, in the northeastern corner of Syria. A joint examination was conducted
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Egypt’s President, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, reassured citizens that Egypt’s share of the Nile’s water will not decrease, warning against the consequences of overpopulation. Sisi made the statements while touring the food industry
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The United Nations has advised that more than four million people in Lebanon are at risk of losing access to clean water. Fuel scarcity is affecting water pumping. “UNICEF estimates that most
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei publicly commented for the first time over the ongoing crisis that occurred in the southwestern province of Khuzestan over water shortages. In his speech, Khamenei defined
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In recent years, the problem of water scarcity has reached a critical stage in parts of Iran, and there have been numerous reports of growing tensions, clashes and protests over water in
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