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Cars drive through a flooded road in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Thursday, September 21, 2017. RICARDO ARDUENGO/AFP

70,000 Told to Evacuate after Dam Fails in Puerto Rico

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 23, 2017 | World

Emergency officials in Puerto Rico raced on Saturday to evacuate some 70,000 people after a rain-swollen dam failed in the latest disaster caused by Hurricane Maria. With the death toll from the storm at 33 across the Caribbean, the National Weather Service office in...

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A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) takes position near the village of Bir Fawaz, 20 km north of Raqqa on February 8, 2017. AFP PHOTO / DELIL SOULEIMAN

Euphrates Dam ‘Out Of Service,’ Kurds at ISIS Airport

by Nazeer Rida and Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 27, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut, London- As ISIS confused Raqqa residents on Sunday, warning them from the near collapse of the Tabqa Dam, a Kurdish official from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) asserted his forces have entered the Tabqa military airport, expecting to control it in the...

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Oil tanks seen at the Saudi Arabia Shaybah oilfield complex in the Rub’ al-Khali desert November 14, 2007. REUTERS/ Ali Jarekji

The Attacks against Aramco and New York Dam

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Mar 27, 2016 | Opinion

Had the engineers responsible for the New York dam not disconnected the water gates from the electronic control center for reasons of maintenance, a huge disaster would have taken place. On that day hackers affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)...

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Shi’ite Leaderships Obstruct Mosul Dam Maintenance

by Hamza Mustafa | Feb 24, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Baghdad- Iraqi sources said that Shi’ite leaderships refused to accept conditions an Italian-based company concerned with dam maintenance on the project of restoring the Mosul Dam had required. They have also rejected the Italian protection 450-soldier platoon. A...

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Mosul Damn Could Face Catastrophic Collapse

Mosul Dam Could Face Catastrophic Collapse

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 28, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

BAGHDAD – The U.S. military has a contingency plan to deal with a potential collapse of Mosul dam in northern Iraq which would be catastrophic, the top U.S. general in Iraq said on Thursday. U.S. Army Lieutenant General Sean MacFarland said Iraqi authorities...