Syrian farmers near the Euphrates river are terrified the Islamic State ... said he expected IS would flood the villages as a last resort. "It could open up the dam's gates to cover itself as ...

The Tigris and Euphrates, which begin their journey in eastern Turkey and flow through Syria into Iraq, have long been more ...

The Syrian government's General Authority of Euphrates Dam had earlier blamed U.S. airstrikes for causing damage at the hydroelectric dam and warned of the possibility of catastrophic flooding if ...

The receding waters of the Euphrates River have revealed ancient archaeological ... Saddam Hussein's government dammed the Euphrates in the area, flooding a 120-mile-long stretch of land near ...