UNICEF ‘outraged’ after Israeli forces kill water truck drivers in Gaza

The United Nations Children’s Fund says it is “outraged” after Israel killed two drivers it had contracted to deliver clean water to families in Gaza.

Israel Deliberately Causing Thirst in Gaza: Mahmoud Abbas

The Israeli regime is “deliberately causing thirst” and spreading diseases in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Authority president said.

Syria demands an end to crime of cutting off water to Hasaka by Turkish and US occupation forces – SANA

Syria has demanded an end to the fully-fledged war crime committed by the Turkish and US occupation forces and their mercenaries by cutting off water to a million citizens in Hasaka City and its environs for more than four months, warning that the continued act of cutting off water to the people and the threat to their lives portends a humanitarian, health and environmental disaster.

Israel considers flooding Gaza tunnels with seawater, reports WSJ

Israel has assembled a large system of pumps that may be used to flood tunnels used by militant group Hamas under the Gaza strip in a bid to drive out fighters, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing US officials.

Israel has partially resumed water supplies in the Gaza Strip, the US says

The US administration has received information from Israel about the resumption of water supply in the southern Gaza Strip, President Joe Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan said in an interview with CNN.

Pacific Islands urge Japan to delay release of Fukushima waste | News | Al Jazeera

Pacific Island nations have urged Japan to delay the release of wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant over fears it could contaminate fishing grounds.

Hundreds protest in Jordan against water-energy deal with Israel | Protests News | Al Jazeera

Hundreds of people have gathered in the Jordanian capital, Amman, to protest against a water-for-energy agreement between Jordan and Israel.

IAEA plans to inspect contaminated water release plan at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant in December - China.org.cn

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will dispatch a team of experts to Japan's Fukushima Prefecture in December to review the country's plan to dump radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the sea, an IAEA official said Thursday.

Turkey: drying Euphrates threatens disaster in Syria | THE DAILY STAR

Syria's longest river used to flow by his olive grove, but today Khaled al-Khamees says it has receded into the distance, parching his trees and leaving his family with hardly a drop to drink.

S. Korea 'deeply disappointed' with Fukushima water being released without consultation

 

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 The South Korean government expressed disappointment over Japan's decision to release contaminated water into the ocean from the Fukushima nuclear power plant without consultation.

Eco R Geo: Japan to create undersea tunnel to release wastewater from Fukushima nuclear power plant just 1km off the coast

Eco R Geo: Japan to create undersea tunnel to release wastewater from Fukushima nuclear power plant just 1km off the coast

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La Turquie a réduit le débit de l’Euphrate

 

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Eco R Geo: Journée mondiale de l'eau : les besoins en eau, source de tensions entre pays

Eco R Geo: Journée mondiale de l'eau : les besoins en eau, source de tensions entre pays 

 

Sisi Says Egypt, Sudan Reject Ethiopia Nile Dam fait Accompli - UrduPoint

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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned Saturday against Ethiopia continuing to fill its Nile dam, on his first visit to Sudan since the ouster of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir nearly two years ago.

U.S. Border Patrol accused of destroying water left for migrants

A humanitarian group has accused U.S. Border Patrol agents of destroying thousands of water jugs left out for migrants in an 800-square-mile desert corridor near the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona.

Ethiopia to go ahead with multi-billion dollar Nile dam

Ethiopia said on Saturday no amount of misunderstanding would compel it to halt construction of the $4.8 billion mega hydro dam project on River Nile.

Kiev to suspend water supplies to rebel-held region in E. Ukraine

The Ukrainian authorities would suspend water supplies to the area in the eastern Lugansk region controlled by pro-independence insurgents by Tuesday, a senior Ukrainian official said on Monday.

Yemen Grappling with World’s Largest Humanitarian Crisis: UN

Yemen is grappling with the world's worst cholera outbreak amid the world's largest humanitarian crisis and crippling health, water and sanitation facilities in the Arab country, the United Nations warned.

Israel, Palestinian Authority reach water-sharing deal

Israel and the Palestinian Authority have reached a water-sharing deal to bring relief to parched Palestinian communities, a breakthrough announced during the latest visit to the region by the US Middle East envoy.

Japan offers aid to Jordan to improve water sector amid influx of Syrian refugees

Japan on Thursday offered about 22.4 million US dollars in aid to Jordan to improve the water supply conditions in the northern areas of the kingdom hosting Syrian refugees.