The Latest Breaking News from Euphrates

Euphrates River Crisis Ignites End-Times Fears as Cholera and Typhoid 'Are Currently Spreading'

The Euphrates River's declining water levels spark end-times speculation, but the crisis is rooted in environmental issues like drought and pollution, posing significant health risks to local communities.

International Business Times UK · Aug 5

A legendary river that shaped ancient empires and civilizations may have just revealed its past

Euphrates River origin: Contrary to popular belief, the mighty Euphrates River wasn't always a single entity. New research reveals it began as two colossal ancient waterways, Paleo-Karasu and Paleo-Murat, flowing separately into the Mediterranean Sea around 5.5 million years ago.

The Economic Times · Jun 23

Scientists reveal the origin of the Euphrates — a river that fed the 'cradle of civilization'

The Euphrates River fueled the "cradle of civilization," and a new study reveals the waterway was born of two other ancient rivers around 3.6 million years ago.

LiveScience · Jun 1

Vast network of canals found underneath world’s first city

Archaeologists find nearly 200 primary canals and 4,000 smaller branches feeding over 700 farms

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2025

In Iraq's Summer, Residents Of Kurdistan's Arbil Ache For Water

The taps have run dry, and the wells are almost empty. - Dried wells - Iraq is known in Arabic as the Land of the Two Rivers, referring to the once mighty Tigris and Euphrates.

International Business Times · Aug 12, 2024

Turkish president visits Iraq to bolster economic ties

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was in Iraq this Monday on his first official visit in over a decade. Erdogan signed a raft of deals in a bid to reset rocky relations. High on the agenda was the water issue, stemming from Turkey's construction of dams on the Tigris and…

France 24 · Apr 22, 2024

Rampant Water Pollution Threatens Iraq's Shrinking Rivers

Stricken by drought and depleted by upstream dams, Iraq's once mighty rivers the Tigris and Euphrates are suffocating under pollutants from sewage to medical waste.

International Business Times · Feb 21, 2024

Iraq's polluted rivers threaten daily life, pose serious health risks

Over the past few months, temperatures in Iraq have reached 50 degrees Celsius and water levels in the country’s rivers are dropping fast. Despite having two big rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, Iraq suffers from desertification and there are concerns about the water disappearing - mainly from Iranian and Turkish…

France 24 · Aug 28, 2023

‘How would you survive?’: Desperation grows in Iraq water crisis

Parched communities, once displaced by the ravages of ISIL, can barely survive the decimation of their water supplies.

Al Jazeera · Jun 28, 2023

Commentary: Finding a new path to water conservation for the next millennium, for California and the world

In the long sweep of human history, water has always played a central role in determining the geography of civilizations, and eons ago it influenced the migration of our early ancestors out of Africa and across the world. The ability to manage water contributed to the success or failure of…

Los Angeles Times · Jun 16, 2023