DPA FoEME says Israel, Syria and Jordan are diverting 98% the Jordan and are discharging untreated sewage, agricultural run-off, saline water and fish pond effluent into it. An environmental group Wednesday urged the Israeli government to close down a baptism site at the lower Jordan River until water quality standards for tourists and pilgrims bathing [...]
Turkey, Syria cooperate on water front
YONCA POYRAZ DOĞAN İSTANBUL | Today’s Zaman | 20 March 2009 With water in the Middle East being depleted and demand growing fast, Turkey and Syria have put their differences aside and begun findings ways to share water equitably through innovative projects. One project both countries agreed in principle to develop is the Asi Friendship [...]
The Middle East’s Water Crisis: Will the Jordan River Run Dry?
Posted on September 24, 2008 by lorna.ir The River Jordan has flowed freely for thousands of years, its name immortalized in the Hebrew Bible and its lush upper reaches once known as the gates to the Garden of Eden. This summer, however, large sections of this storied river were reduced to a trickle, the water [...]
