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Stop Water Wars! Do Not Weaponize Dams and Other Critical Infrastructure

Stop Water Wars! Do Not Weaponize Dams and Other Critical Infrastructure

Save The Tigris Campaign Save The Tigris strongly condemns President Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. We stand in solidarity with the...

  • Anti-Dams Actions
Into Thin Air: New Report by Save the Tigris Examines Evaporation Losses From Dam Reservoirs in Iraq

Into Thin Air: New Report by Save the Tigris Examines Evaporation Losses From Dam Reservoirs in Iraq

Iraq is facing a mounting water crisis. With temperatures rising, drought conditions becoming more extreme, and riparian states further restricting...

  • Anti-Dams Actions
International Water Forum Discusses the Water Crisis in North-East Syria

International Water Forum Discusses the Water Crisis in North-East Syria

The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria held a water conference from 27-28 September 2021 in Hasakeh, North-East Syria,...

  • Anti-Dams Actions
As Its Rivers Shrink, Iraq Thirsts For Regional Cooperation

As Its Rivers Shrink, Iraq Thirsts For Regional Cooperation

HALABJA, Iraq — “Where we are standing right now, there should be a river,” says Nabil Musa, gesturing at a...

  • Anti-Dams Actions
Letter From Save the Tigris to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre on Ashur, the Ahwar, and Makhoul Dam: Civil Society Concerns and Requests

Letter From Save the Tigris to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre on Ashur, the Ahwar, and Makhoul Dam: Civil Society Concerns and Requests

From: Save the Tigris Campaign To: UNESCO World Heritage Centre Re: Threats to Ashur and Ahwar World Heritage Properties — Civil...

  • Anti-Dams Actions
Iranian Environmentalists Mark International Day Against Water Transfer

Iranian Environmentalists Mark International Day Against Water Transfer

Iranian environmentalists annually celebrate the International Day Against Water Transfer on 17 April, or 28 Favardin, according to the Persian...

  • Environment
Message from Humat Dijlah and Save the Tigris on the Occasion of World Water Day

Message from Humat Dijlah and Save the Tigris on the Occasion of World Water Day

Today the world celebrates World Water Day, representing a global opportunity to review water resource management policies and our consumption...

  • Environment
Water Shortage Crisis Escalating Between Turkey, Iraq and Syria

Water Shortage Crisis Escalating Between Turkey, Iraq and Syria

SavetheTigris “The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, originating in Turkey and flowing downstream over the borders of Syria and Iraq have...

  • Environment
Water Transfer Projects Threaten the Lesser Zab!

Water Transfer Projects Threaten the Lesser Zab!

savethetigris Save the Tigris Campaign is a coalition of civil society organisations from nine countries concerned with water justice in...

  • Anti-Dams Actions
Solidarity in Times of Covid-19: Read the Report of the Mesopotamian Water Forum Virtual Assembly

Solidarity in Times of Covid-19: Read the Report of the Mesopotamian Water Forum Virtual Assembly

From 16-17 May 2020 the Virtual Assembly of the Mesopotamian Water Forum took place online, an initiative of Save the...

  • Environment
Mesopotamian Water Forum Virtual Assembly: “Discussing Water in Times of Corona” – Join Us!

Mesopotamian Water Forum Virtual Assembly: “Discussing Water in Times of Corona” – Join Us!

One year ago in April 2019, the 1st Mesopotamian Water Forum was held in Sulaymaniyah, in the Kurdistan Region of...

  • Environment
Humat Dijlah Training in Mosul: In Pursuit of a Better Environment

Humat Dijlah Training in Mosul: In Pursuit of a Better Environment

The youth of Nineveh Governorate are preparing to launch a major environmental campaign to confront the dangers of pollution and...

  • Environment