Sunni militants target Iraq's two biggest dams
BAGHDAD — The militants who have overrun large parts of Iraq are now battling ferociously to capture one of the country's vital resources, water. Fighters with the Islamic State group launched a...
View ArticleExtremists in Iraq now control the country's rivers
Iraq has blazed its way back onto the world's front pages in the past 48 hours, with the seemingly sudden capture of the cities of Mosul and Tikrit by an extremist group. The group seems to be...
View ArticleISLAMIC STATE USING WATER AS A WEAPON
BAGHDAD The Islamic State militants who have rampaged across northern Iraq are increasingly using water as a weapon, cutting off supplies to villages that resist their rule and pressing to expand their...
View ArticleConnecting Communities in Support of the Tigris River Flotilla in Iraq
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thuraya Telecommunications Company, a leading Mobile Satellite Services operator, is supporting Nature Iraq to raise awareness of the conservation of...
View ArticleIslamic State using water as a weapon in Iraq
Iraqis take water from an aid convoy in Amerli after Iraqi forces broke through to the Shiite town. Photo: Getty Images Baghdad: The Islamic State militants who have rampaged across northern Iraq are...
View ArticleIslamic State jihadists are using water as a weapon in Iraq
BAGHDAD — The Islamic State militants who have rampaged across northern Iraq are increasingly using water as a weapon, cutting off supplies to villages resisting their rule and pressing to expand their...
View ArticleIraq crisis: How Islamic State could exploit the Mosul Dam
The capture of the Mosul dam, the largest in Iraq, by Islamic State (IS) insurgents is of huge strategic significance in terms of water and power resources. Located on the River Tigris about 50km (30...
View ArticleWater supply key to outcome of conflicts in Iraq and Syria, experts warn
Security analysts in London and Baghdad say control of rivers and dams has become a major tactical weapon for Isis ...
View ArticleTravelling to Iraq - let the waters rise
Like many South Africans I normally head for the coast over the holiday break, but not this year: I went to Iraq instead. I teach a course at Wits Journalism called The Story of Money, which looks at...
View ArticleIraq and the real war of ideas
The takeover Tuesday of the Iraqi city of Mosul by Sunni extremists who spilled over the Syrian border underscores the clash of world views that is underway in the whole Eastern Mediterranean, which I...
View ArticleDams: Iran's weapons of marsh destruction
Thursday, 19 June 2014, 3:11 pm Article: Dams: Iran's weapons of marsh destruction Ecological & economic destruction provokes mass protests by Dan Brett London - 17 June 2014 The Garden of Eden is...
View ArticleThomas Friedman: Iraq’s war of ideas pits extremists, environmentalists
The takeover Tuesday of the Iraqi city of Mosul by Sunni extremists who spilled over the Syrian border underscores the clash of world views that is underway in the whole Eastern Mediterranean, which I...
View ArticleThomas L. Friedman: The real war of ideas
The takeover Tuesday of the Iraqi city of Mosul by Sunni extremists who spilled over the Syrian border underscores the clash of world views that is underway in the whole Eastern Mediterranean, which I...
View ArticleFriedman: The Real War of Ideas
The takeover Tuesday of the Iraqi city of Mosul by Sunni extremists who spilled over the Syrian border underscores the clash of world views that is underway in the whole Eastern Mediterranean, which I...
View ArticleFriedman: Two reasons for a Middle East without borders
The takeover Tuesday of the Iraqi city of Mosul by Sunni extremists who spilled over the Syrian border underscores the clash of world views that is underway in the whole Eastern Mediterranean, which I...
View ArticleThomas Friedman: This clash is focused on resources
The takeover Tuesday of the Iraqi city of Mosul by Sunni extremists who spilled over the Syrian border underscores the clash of world views that is under way in the whole Eastern Mediterranean, which I...
View ArticleTurkey's Dams Will Run Iraqi Marshes Dry
BASRA, Iraq — Jassim al-Asadi was born 56 years ago in a boat at the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Back then, vast wetlands covered one-fifth of Iraq, sustaining a unique culture of...
View ArticleMarsh flooding brings new life to Iraq's 'Garden of Eden'
The lush marshes of Iraq are regarded by some as the original Garden of Eden, but they were drained and decimated by Saddam Hussein. Now a major restoration programme has seen people and wildlife...
View ArticleGarden of Eden to become Iraqi national park
THE "Garden of Eden" has been saved, even as chaos grows all around. Last week, amid a wave of bombings on the streets of Baghdad, Iraq's Council of Ministers found time to approve the creation of the...
View ArticleOne man's determined fight has Marsh Arabs reclaiming heritage
Flow on effect: Azzam Alwash speaks with a fish seller in Kirmashiye's central marshes in 2012. After 10 years of restoration efforts, the marshes are back to more than 50 per cent of their original...
View ArticleRestoring Iraq's Garden of Eden
LONDON -- Azzam Alwash says he remembers the reeds towering above his head, lining cool corridors in the Iraqi heat as he sat with his father, the district irrigation engineer, in a small boat plying...
View ArticleThe dawning of hydro-terrorism
The role of water in conflict in the Middle East has existed since time immemorial, but ISIL has used it to such an effect that it deserves credit for mastering "hydro-terrorism", threatening to flood...
View ArticleISIS is waging a 'water war' in Southern Iraq
In the 1990s, Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein drained the marshes of southern Iraq in order to punish the indigenous Shi'ite tribes that opposed him after the first Gulf War. The desiccation of the...
View ArticleIraq, Islamic State accuse Turkey of taking too much Euphrates water
WASHINGTON — There's one thing Islamic State militants and the Iraqi government they're besieging agree on: Turkey is using more than its fair share of water. Water levels on the Euphrates River that...
View ArticleWar, Drought Threaten Iraq's Marshlands
Faith Lapidus Iraq's southern wetlands are in crisis. These areas are the spawning ground for Gulf fisheries, a resting place for migrating wildfowl, and the source of livelihood for fishermen and...
View ArticleWater Shortages Unite Iraq, Islamic State Against Turkey
There’s one thing Islamic State militants and the Iraqi government they’re besieging agree on: Turkey is using more than its fair share of water. Water levels on the Euphrates River that flows 2,700...
View Article>Sunni militants target Iraq's two biggest dams
BAGHDAD (AP) — The militants who have overrun large parts of Iraq are now battling ferociously to capture one of the country's vital resources, water. Fighters with the Islamic State group launched a...
View ArticleAuthor Steven Solomon Reports Glimmers of Hope Amid Global Water Wars
Interview with Author of Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power and Civilization, on Bio Logic Aqua Research Founder Sharon Kleyne's Radio Show. Grants Pass, OR (PRWEB) March 06, 2014 Fresh water...
View Article>Author Steven Solomon Reports Glimmers of Hope Amid Global Water Wars
Interview with Author of Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power and Civilization, on Bio Logic Aqua Research Founder Sharon Kleyne's Radio Show. Grants Pass, OR (PRWEB) March 06, 2014 Fresh water...
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