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Ahwaz protestors demonstrate against redirecting Ahwaz waters in October 2013

‘Ahwaz Waters’ a Ticking Bomb to Detonate within Iranian Regime Walls

by Adil Alsalmi | Jul 23, 2016 | World

London-Water running through the Iran annexed city of Ahwaz had been transformed into a ticking bomb ready to blow up against the Tehran regime at any given moment. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and many of the government’s agencies continue to refuse...

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Downtown Beirut skyline behind the marina. (AFP Photo/Anwar Amro)

Lebanon investigates undersea freshwater springs to tackle drought

by Mohamed Khair | Sep 17, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Freshwater springs off Lebanon’s coast could help alleviate the country’s worst water crisis in decades, though the country’s government is yet to back an extraction plan proposed by researchers. Experts say the discovery of freshwater erupting...

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Yemeni people carry drinkable water due to the water shortage, affecting daily life ahead of Ramadan, in Sana’a, Yemen on June 16, 2014. (Photo by Sinan Yiter/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Nor Any Drop To Drink

by James Spencer | Jul 11, 2014 | Majalla Blogs

In classical times, Yemen was called Eudaimon Arabia and Arabia Felix (meaning “fortunate”), thanks to the rains which fell on its mountains, almost unique in an otherwise arid Arabian Peninsula. In those days the rains were heavier, so today less groundwater is now...

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The Ras Al-Khair water Desalination and power plant (Asharq Al-Awsat)

World’s largest hybrid desalination plant starts pumping

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Apr 23, 2014 | Business

Dammam, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia’s Ras Al-Khair desalination and power plant began its second stage of operations on Tuesday, with the event overseen by Abdullah Bin Abdul-Rahman Al-Haseen, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Water and Electricity and head of the board of...

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Laborers work at the Grand Renaissance Dam in Guba Woreda, in the Benishangul Gumuz region in Ethiopia, on March 16, 2014. (Reuters/Tiksa Negeri)

Opinion: Diverting the Blue Nile’s course could take Africa to war

by Huda Al Husseini | Mar 24, 2014 | Opinion

Water wars, many warn, could be around the corner. After the removal of former President Mohamed Mursi, Egypt has inherited a huge problem: Addis Ababa decided to divert the course of the Blue Nile late May, as part of its project to generate electricity through the...