Time to act is now. Lack of action this time could trigger water wars in the future The region faces water wars in future if urgent steps are not taken now Image Credit: Muhammed Nahas/Gulf News
Iraq and Syria are being strangled by Turkey; the source of the two great rivers that have sustained civilisations for centuries. The once wet and lush basin of the Euphrates, which is shared by Turkey, Syria and Iraq is drying up at an alarming rate, creating acute water shortages for Syria and even worse for Iraq. Turkey contributes 90 per cent to the Euphrates whilst Syria contributes 10 per cent to the water flow that runs through Iraq, along with the Tigris and flows to the Shatt Al-Arab Basin in Southern Iraq. As for the Tigris, Turkey, Iraq and Iran contribute 40 per cent, 51 per cent and 9 per cent, respectively, according to climate-diplomacy.org.
Turkey’s climate impact
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There are two rivers in West Asia that could affect the destiny of a number of countries in one way or another: they are called the Tigris and Euphrates. But how is that possible?
That is what we will be covering in todays program, in particular, how Turkey is manipulating the water of these two rivers for both its own political and economic advantage. The Tigris and Euphrates. Turkey has reduced water from these two bodies of water, impacting the land and agriculture of the surrounding countries, like Syria and Iraq.
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