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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
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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,
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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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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
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World Water Week is the largest and edgiest conference in Europe on global water issues, attending where all the big names and soon-to-be big names of the water sector are. World Water Week is observed every year from 23rd August to 1st September. The theme of this year