The Euphrates River is one of the most important water systems in recorded history. Located in Western Asia, at the very heart of the Middle East, the Euphrates-Tigris river system fed farmable ...

History’s first city, at least according to the ancient text known as the Sumerian King List found on a clay tablet, was also ...

The irrigation network consists of over 200 primary canals, some of which stretch up to nine kilometers in length and are ...

Researchers have identified an extensive Mesopotamian canal network that supplied ancient farms in the Eridu region with ...

The system, with over 200 major canals and 4,000 smaller ones, was used to divert Euphrates River water to farms. Researchers traced the canals using satellite imagery and geological mapping.

Many disputes have occurred between Ankara and Baghdad over the division of the waters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. As is known ... controversy erupted over these agreements between the ...

BEIRUT, November 9. /TASS/. An exchange of fire between Syrian troops and US forces based on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River has started to subside, the Al Mayadeen television said on ...

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"Damascus must be under full Israeli control, and we will ensure that it comes under our control," he further noted. "Syria is our bridge to the Euphrates, and in the future we will reach Iraq and ...