Rivers Are the World’s Heritage. Time to Treat Them as Such.
Commentary by Josh Klemm on 1 July 2019, This July represents a critical opportunity to protect rivers and the World...
Thematic Issues
UNESCO Should Address the Impacts of Upstream Dam Construction on the Ahwar of Iraq and Support Transboundary Water-Sharing Agreements
Press Statement by Save the Tigris Campaign The following resolution submitted by Save the Tigris Campaign was adopted by the...
The Fallujah Social Cohesion Council Discusses the Risks and Disaster Reduction Law
On 25 May 2019, the Fallujah Social Cohesion Council in cooperation with the Minorities and Displaced People masar (path) of...
Trevi return Mosul Dam to the Iraqi technicians, but this dam is effectively a construction project that never ends
By Elizabeth Ingram – Hydro ReviewContent Director Iraqi, U.S. and Italian officials have celebrated the completion of a project to shore up...
A Successful Dialogue Session about Fair and Just Work Practices
To mark International Labor Day, the Baghdad Social Cohesion Council held a dialogue session on 30 April 2019 to discuss...
With a Paper and Pen, Dreams Can Come True
For the first time since its establishment, the theater group from the Arts of Peace team put on a comic...
Social media and peace building workshop
The Hit Peace Forum held its first training workshop this year. The workshop focused on the role of social media...
The Turkish city of Hasankeyf will welcome its tourists under water
Hasankeyf is located in southeast Turkey, on the banks of the Tigris River in a predominantly Kurdish area. At 12,000...
New Report to the World Heritage Committee: International Action Needed to Halt Dams and Save Marshes
A new report compiled by Save the Tigris member Rivers without Boundaries and World Heritage Watch, a draft of which...
Save the Tigris Invites Members, Followers, and Supporters to Join the “Big Jump” for Hasankeyf
In just a few short weeks, on the 14th of July 2019, the community-led campaign Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive will host...
Save the Tigris Taking Part in the 43th Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Baku
From June 30 – July 10 the 43rd Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC) will take place in...
Nonviolence Activists Organize a National Nonviolence Movement
The Nonviolence and Peace Building Masar (path) held a consultative meeting for activists in order to re-establish a national system for promoting...