Middle East: Water Wars Endanger Middle East Environment

Nov 9, 2014 | Nabil al-Samman, Al-Monitor
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The idea of a so-called "water war" in the Arab world is linked to fears that there could be an armed conflict over control of water resources, with water on major rivers being used by countries upstream for political purposes.

Future generations will probably have to pay the price for environmental damage wrought upon the region, from Iraq to Gaza, by devastating aerial bombardments. The destruction in Syria over the last four years is unprecedented; its material losses exceed those in all of the Arab-Israeli wars. Besides, the number of victims from Syria’s war cannot be compared to those who died in wars with Israel.