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19-06-2002
Environment and Water
17-06-2002
Syria's fourth largest dam collapsed on Tuesday 5 June, killing over 22 people, leaving 4,000 homeless and flooding all nearby villages.
06-05-2002
Syria is planning to build a water institute with the cooperation of Germany, reported al-Baath.
26-04-2002
Al Bassel dam was inaugurated yesterday by Syria's PM, Mustapha Miro.
24-04-2002
Lebanon and Syria have signed an agreement to divide the waters of Nahr al Kabir, the river lying on the northern borders between the two countries.
22-04-2002
Japan has awarded a YEN 796 million (USD 6 million) grant for the rehabilitation of water distribution pipelines in Damascus city.
13-04-2002
Iraq and Syria have signed an agreement for joint cooperation in the field of irrigation.
03-04-2002
The Idlib branch of Syria's general company for irrigation and potable waters (RIMA) completed SYP 400 million (USD 7.8 million) worth of projects in 2001, reported Tishreen.
28-02-2002
The FAO provided data on the drilling of water wells in Syria, in its January 2002 report.
01-01-2002
In his speech, last December, before the newly-sworn in cabinet, Bashar al Assad felt necessary to mention, among the general policy guidelines he laid down for his government, one specific sector he thought his newly nominated team had to address urgently, the water crisis his country is facing.
26-11-2001
Syria and Iraq have called on Turkey to return to negotiations over the allocation of water from the Euphrates and Tigris rivers - talks broken off nine years ago, reported Zawya.
26-11-2001
According to a Syrian official Syria and Iraq are concerned about Turkey's commitment to a 1987 agreement on sharing the waters of the Euphrates and Tigris, said Teshreen.
19-11-2001
Irrigation ministers from Syria and Jordan discussed plans to build the Al-Wehda Dam on the Yarmouk river on the Jordanian-Syrian border, reported Zawya.