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Article: The role of epistemic communities in offering new cooperation frameworks in the Euphrates-Tigris Rivers system.(REGIONAL ISSUES)(Report)
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- Journal of International Affairs
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- March 22, 2008
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The Euphrates-Tigris region has faced significant political changes since the late 1990s. These changes can be attributed to improvements in bilateral relations, mainly in the security domain, between two of its major riparians, Turkey and Syria. In the meantime, another major riparian, Iraq, has lived through devastating war and occupation, which has had implications for regional water issues. These changes have brought new actors, involved or interested in the hydropolitics of the two-river basin, to the region.
This article will analyze the politics of water resources in the Euphrates-Tigris River basin, focusing on current developments. But first, an overview ...
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Article: Toxic water pollutes Tigris river north of Baghdad
Xinhua News Agency;
October 4, 2006 ;
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...Toxic water pollutes Tigris river north of Baghdad TIKRIT, Iraq, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Toxic water in the Tigris river killed thousands of fish and birds ... including Baghdad, before joining Euphrates to form Shatt al-Arab. The river ...
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