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The Euphrates River basin is a transboundary hydrological system that is geographically partitioned into three distinct sections, namely the upstream region situated in Türkiye, the middle stream region located in Syria, and the downstream region situated in Iraq. The basin area, encompassing 440,000 square kilometers, is distributed among three
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It’s too quick. We are almost at the end of September now. I am on my second year of Ph.D now. Half way through it. Too fast. Recently, I've been investing significant time into strategizing how to streamline both my personal life and professional journey. I
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The Water Crisis in Syria After enduring more than a decade of unyielding conflict, Syria is now mired in poverty and sickness. Millions of Syrians are facing life-threatening insecurity due to widespread impoverishment, prolonged famine, and reduced access to basic necessities. In 2023, Syrian people continue to face dire circumstances,
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Drought in Syria, a looming crisis! Human-induced climate change, which caused acute drought in Syria and large-scale migration and displacement, exacerbated the already unstable socio-economic circumstances and increased civil unrest in Syria. During the 1980s, Syria has been ravaged by three significant droughts, the most recent of which occurred between
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Syria is divided into seven distinct water basins, each with its unique climate, geology, and ecology: the Barada and Awaj, Al-Yarmouk, Orontes, Dajleh and Khabour, Euphrates and Aleppo, Desert, and Coast. Syria is home to 16 rivers and tributaries, 5 of which are shared with neighboring countries (Euphrates, Tigris, Orontes,
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Arwad, or "the shelter" in the Phoenician Language, is a historic island and port town just 5 km off the coast of Tartus City in Syria. It has incredible archaeological, and heritage remains dating back to the 2nd millennium. As a result, Arwad was added to Syria'
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In one day of the long lockdown days, I was with my flatmates playing the "spin the bottle" game to cheer ourselves. We had to ask the "very first question" that popped into our heads—one of the questions I had to answer. "Do you
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2022 is getting to its end and I wanted to appreciate what I was lucky to experience. For me 2022 was a great success and full of adventures! Now, it is the time to start 2023-year planning and goal setting by first reflecting on 2022. 💡Goodbyes at the beginning of
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Climate change has become a present danger we are meant to face in everyone’s yard. The climate crisis is no longer seen as an environmental concern only, and the acknowledgement of it also being a human crisis has changed the discourse. 💡climate change was a risk multiplier in the
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The SDGs Report 2022 revealed that the world is at a critical juncture facing an unprecedented energy crisis. This, indeed, reflects that energy requirements will play a vital role in shaping the future. We know it, no sustainable development, without sustainable energy. In the period between 2010 and 2019, 91%
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While writing this piece, I have been ascertaining through the treasure box of memories. I wondered what language can anticipate expressing a heart so full of excitement .. sadness … fear… excitement…and nostalgia. In 2019, landing at Barcelona Airport–El Prat (BCN), I started my two years Erasmus Mundus academic journey
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This article is based on my presentation that was hosted by Environfocus on 15 September 2022. “Leave no one behind” was the ambitious promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development which went into force in January 2016. Comprising 17 goals and 169 targets, it is an all-inclusive comprehensive blueprint