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Turkey Changes Heart, Says It Will Increase Water Flow of Rivers

Posted by Joshua on Friday, September 4th, 2009

In a change of heart, Turkey said Thursday it would strive to increase the amount of water it releases to Syria and Iraq through the historic Tigris and Euphrates rivers but warned that it too was suffering from a severe drought. Hours earlier, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz had said his country was already too [...]

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Turkey Says More Water For Iraq, Syria Is Unlikely

Posted by Joshua on Friday, September 4th, 2009

Turkey Says More Water For Iraq, Syria Is Unlikely (AP) A water rights battle over the historic Tigris and Euphrates rivers simmered Thursday, as Iraq and Syria appealed for increased water flows to cope with severe drought but Turkey said it was already too overstretched. Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said Turkey’s southeast region was also [...]

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SYRIAN GOVERNMENT TO BAN SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

Posted by Alex, Damascus (dpa) – The Syrian government announced on Tuesday that it will adopt an anti-smoking law “to protect people from the negative consequences of smoking on health, economy and environment”. The law prevents smoking in public places and prohibits advertising of all tobacco products, reported the Syrian official news agency SANA. Local [...]

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Flooding in Damascus: Mosquitoes Cheer

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, August 30th, 2008

Photo thanks to Nabil Midani

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