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26 May 2016, 2:50 pm
The war against the Islamic State continues along both ends of the Euphrates, targeting two of the pseudo-caliphate’s strongholds. [read post]
27 Apr 2016, 12:05 am
Bremer, Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment of Large Dams in the Euphrates–Tigris Region: An Analysis of International Law Binding Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey William Onzivu, Rethinking Transnational Environmental Health Governance in Africa: Can Adaptive Governance Help? [read post]
31 Mar 2016, 1:28 pm
Reuters writes that the “recaptures of Hit, strategically located on the Euphrates River near Ain al Asad airbase where several hundred U.S. forces are training Iraqi army troops, would push Islamic State further west towards the Syrian border, cutting a connection to the northern town of Samarra and leaving Falluja their only stronghold near the capital. [read post]
4 Mar 2016, 12:27 pm
Throughout the caliphate’s crusade in Iraq and Syria, the pseudo-state has taken control of six of the largest dams on the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. [read post]
18 Feb 2016, 12:01 am
However, the British launched a second invasion up the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers which succeeded in capturing Bagdad, although efforts to rescue the first invasion force were unavailing. [read post]
27 Oct 2015, 12:31 pm
The strikes came after Turkish warnings prohibiting Kurdish militants from crossing west of the Euphrates River. [read post]
4 Jun 2015, 11:25 am
Elsewhere, Reuters reports that ISIS fighters are using water as a weapon, closing the gates of a key dam on the Euphrates River in western Iraq. [read post]
12 Sep 2014, 9:52 am
In the summer of 2014, Islamic State-led forces, supported by Sunni Arab tribalists and groups linked to ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, advanced along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, seizing multiple population centers including Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city. [read post]
25 Aug 2014, 5:07 pm
There, it follows a parallel path to the Euphrates before the two rivers mingle their waters in the southern marshes. [read post]
29 Jul 2014, 9:29 am
Water law and cooperation in the Euphrates-Tigris region : a comparative and interdisciplinary approach / edited by Aysegül Kibaroglu, Adele J. [read post]
13 Jul 2014, 7:00 am
Bringing order to the turbulent Islamic world—from the hardened fighters of the Hindu Kush to the sectarian militias of the Euphrates valley to the teeming multitudes of Nigeria—is a tall order and beyond the power of the United States. [read post]
7 Jul 2014, 9:03 am
The cause is the enormous drop in Lake Assad, the main source of water for about five million Syrians, since the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group took over the Euphrates Dam in al-Tabqa. [read post]
27 Jun 2014, 10:14 am
His decision could allow ISIS to “cement its control of both sides of the Syrian-Iraqi border along the Euphrates River,” say Bill Roggio and Oren Adaki at the Long War Journal. [read post]
26 Jun 2014, 8:54 am
Destruction of the structure, which sits 120 miles northwest of Baghdad on the Euphrates River, would cause crippling floods throughout the country. [read post]
21 Jun 2014, 7:32 pm
It may soon have control of the entire Euphrates Valley. [read post]
15 Jun 2014, 10:28 am
The vast swath of territory between the Euphrates and the Tigris—from Aleppo, in Syria, to Mosul, in Iraq—threatens to become a sanctuary for the most virulent Islamist pathologies, not unlike what flourished in Afghanistan in the years before 9/11. [read post]
14 Apr 2014, 8:08 am
Turkey has had an ambitious plan to construct dams and hydroelectric power plants since 1975, and has been accused by other countries that share the Tigris-Euphrates Basin (including western Iran) of hoarding water. [read post]
18 May 2013, 1:12 am
Contents include:Global InsightsCedric de Coning, John Karlsrud, & Ingrid Marie Breidlid, Turning to the South: Civilian Capacity in the Aftermath of ConflictArticlesJustin Gest, Carolyn Armstrong, Elizabeth Carolan, Elliott Fox, Vanessa Holzer, Tim McLellan, Audrey Cherryl Mogan, & Meher Talib, Tracking the Process of International Norm Emergence: A Comparatiave Analysis of Six Agendas and Emerging Migrants’ RightsHeidi Nichols Haddad, After the Norm Cascade: NGO Mission Expansion and… [read post]
20 Dec 2012, 3:24 am
Kirschner & Katrin Tiroch, The Waters of Euphrates and Tigris: An International Law Perspective Daniela Wehlend, Improving Compliance Mechanisms of the International Waste Trade Regime by Introducing Economic Compliance Incentives [read post]
28 Aug 2012, 12:26 pm
Almost all are "prehistoric," although they do include helpful discussions of the Big Dogs in the Fight, the valleys of the Nile and of the Tigris-Euphrates. [read post]
