Water politics in the Middle East deals with control of the water resources of the Middle East, an arid region where issues of the use, supply, control, and allocation of water are of central economic
Banias waterfall, Golan Heights
Nile River, Egypt
Jordan River near B'not Yaakov bridge, Israel
Flood waters exiting from the Yarmuk reservoir to the Yarmuk river, 1933
Euphrates
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The Euphrates is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of West Asia. Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia. Originating in Turkey, the E
Water politics in the Middle East
…waters become more prone to political conflicts. (Those primarily prone to this in the Middle East and northern Africa are the Nile, Jordan and Tigris-Euphrates rivers.) To secure reliable water access for their populations, states must either have a large water supply in terms of economic availability, or…
The Euphrates in Gaziantep Province, Turkey
View of the Murat River
Rafetus euphraticus
Keban Dam in Turkey, the first dam on the Euphrates after it emerges from the confluence of the Kara Su and the Murat Su