Strangled by the water policies of Iraq’s neighbors, a two-year drought and years of misuse by Iraq and its farmers, the Euphrates River is drying up.

Strangled by the water policies of Iraq’s neighbors, a two-year drought and years of misuse by Iraq and its farmers, the Euphrates River is drying up.

The Euphrates River is located in the heart of the Middle East, and is one of the longest rivers in Western Asia. The Euphrates River is drying up because of global climate change and human impact, ...

The Euphrates is drying up. Strangled by the water policies of Iraq’s neighbors, Turkey and Syria; a two-year drought; and years of misuse by Iraq and its farmers, the river is significantly smaller ...

The Euphrates River also runs through a war-torn part of the world in Syria, where a 12-year civil war has caused chaos, and Iraq, where protracted conflict has also led to a lack of stability. Read ...