Regional Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA Syria is facing a water crisis in the northeast that it blames on Turkey. Dams on the Euphrates River in Turkey have reduced the river's flow while Turkish control on Syrian water stations is said to have limited water supplies for agriculture. Syria has suffered from very low rainfall in the past two years and farmers are dependent on the Euphrates and local aquifers for water supplies. Turkey’s invasion of northeastern Syria in late 2019 is said to have led to much of the water supply problems. Water is being trucked into the area for sale to the public with little or none available for agriculture. Syria had planned to refurbish a water purification facility that had n...
What You Need to Know Today: Iran says its definition of the Strait of Hormuz is now a “vast operation area” that stretches from Jask to Siri Island. The White House said President Trump did not sign a suspension of the TRQs on beef imports but is “finalizing potential...
If the media headlines and Trump critics are to be believed, President Trump is headed to Beijing this Thursday in a weakened position. China is in control, it has the upper hand, and expectations are very low. These are the same critics that argue against overly simplistic zero-sum analyses in...
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