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7/16/2022 8:57:53 PM
Iraq on Saturday asked Ankara to increase the flow of water downstream along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, as both countries face droughts and tensions over resource management.
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11/19/2019 11:44:06 PM
After announcing that it would be withdrawing its troops from Syria, the US has now sent back its forces to control the oil-producing area east of the Euphrates River, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus
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10/23/2019 1:15:30 PM
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7/27/2019 12:51:37 PM
Some Syrian Kurds have denied reports that they have been selling oil from areas under their control through an Israeli middleman
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5/25/2019 5:21:33 PM
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5/10/2019 2:28:51 PM
Iraq is one of the richest nations on earth, yet power outages still make life intolerable in summer heat
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3/4/2019 9:00:20 PM
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2/28/2019 7:47:58 PM
The announcement this week that the US will be keeping some troops in Syria has once again drawn attention to the incoherence of its strategy in the region
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2/21/2019 4:06:56 PM
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1/25/2019 2:26:19 PM
The US is creating a safe zone in northern Syria that Turkey will control, but neither power is prioritising the needs of local residents, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus
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1/12/2019 11:29:21 AM
Armed groups in northern Syria are finishing each other off in what is believed to be part of a restructuring of the region, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus
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12/2/2018 8:04:14 PM
Once said to be rivers from paradise, the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers are now awash with poison, highlighting Iraq’s worsening environmental woes
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12/1/2018 9:43:59 AM
Ankara’s obsession with the Kurdish question has again pitched Turkey against Washington, as well as Moscow
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10/21/2018 4:44:00 PM
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10/5/2018 7:12:31 PM
The US has renewed its commitment to a political solution in Syria, but it is still doing nothing to bring one about, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus
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6/23/2018 8:57:44 PM
A Turkish dam on the River Tigris is raising fears of a water crisis in Iraq amid disturbing breakdown in Baghdad’s diplomacy
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5/2/2018 6:09:37 PM
Can a US-led alliance in eastern Syria put a brake on Iran’s plans to create a land corridor to the Mediterranean
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4/29/2018 3:33:57 PM
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Syria: Seven years on
4/19/2018 7:02:53 PM
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Syria: Seven years on
4/18/2018 8:48:24 PM
Last week’s Western air strikes on Syria only benefited the regime and its allies, being all the more ineffective because they were not part of a comprehensive strategy, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus
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