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A man fills up jerry cans with water from a public tap in the western Yemeni province of Hodeida March 13, 2012. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
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Inger Andersen, World Bank Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa, hands Israeli Regional Development Minister Sylvan Shalom a document as they sign an agreement with Jordan and the Palestinians at the World Bank in Washington, DC on December 9, 2013 to construct a Red Sea-Dead Sea pipeline to carry water north and slow down the desiccation of the Dead Sea. (AFP PHOTO/Nicholas KAMM)
Middle East water deal brings Red Sea-Dead Sea pipeline one step closer
Washington, Reuters—Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority on Monday signed a water-sharing agreement that includes the building of a desalination plant on the Gulf of Aqaba and a pilot study for a pipeline linking the Red Sea with the Dead Sea, the World Bank...Caption:
A Syrian refugee girl drinks water from a hose near a temporary refugee camp in the eastern Lebanese town of Al-Faour in the Bekaa valley near the border with Syria, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. (AP/Nariman El-Mofty)
Arab Water Crisis to affect human development: UNDP report
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Arab world is facing an escalating water crisis that demands quick answers in order to avoid major humanitarian consequences, a United Nations Development Program (UNDP) report warned this week. The report, entitled Water Governance in the...Caption:
Construction of the Jubail III combined electricity-water desalination plant, which will be the world’s largest when complete (Asharq Al-Awsat)