Euphrates
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Farmer Issa al-Moussa walks among his damaged wheat crop in eastern Syria after the nearby Euphrates River flooded in recent days due to heavy rainfall and increased flows from Turkey.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
Syrian forces took from the SDF a military base, oil facilities and a dam on the Euphrates River, weakening the Kurdish group’s negotiating hand over the future of its thousands of fighters.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
Dozens of residents crossed the Euphrates in boats after two bridges were destroyed, while residents toppled a statue of a woman erected by Kurdish forces.
From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026
They entered the town of Tabqa on the south-western bank of the Euphrates and nearby dam on Saturday.
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026
This explanation was suggested by the undoubted fact that the earliest known empires and writing systems arose in the Tigris and Euphrates Valleys of the Fertile Crescent and in the Nile Valley of Egypt.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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