Similar to other important rivers throughout the world like the Amazon and the Colorado, it is threatened as a result of climate change and overuse. The Euphrates River also runs through a war-torn ...

Getty Image. Russia has vowed to retaliate against any U.S. coalition aircraft that fly west of the Euphrates River after a U.S. Navy fighter jet shot down a Syrian warplane on Sunday.

River flows have fallen by 40% in the last four decades as the states along its length — Turkey, Syria, Iran and Iraq — pursue rapid, unilateral development of the water’s use.

The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) successfully defended against multiple offensives by the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) aimed at recapturing SDF-controlled territory on ...

The Euphrates has acted as a geographical barrier between Isis fighters who have seized the river’s northern bank, and pro-government forces who are attempting to move closer to Ramadi from the ...

CAMP STRIKER, Iraq Nov, 20, 2007 -- A 3:50 a.m. wake-up call from 4,000 pounds of explosives dropped from B-1B bomber is what you call a true rude awakening. That's when coalition forces dropped ...

The Euphrates is drying up. Strangled by the water policies of Iraq’s neighbors, Turkey and Syria; a two-year drought; and years of misuse by Iraq and its farmers, the river is significantly smaller ...

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u.s. army europe engineers take part in operation to secure areas by iraq's euphrates river By Sgt. 1st Class Kerensa Hardy, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division July 28, 2015 Share on ...