Euphrates River, Turkish Fırat Nehri, Arabic Nahr Al-Furāt, river, Middle East.
In the 1960s disputes started erupting amongst the co-riparian states over the water flow reaching their territory. Between 1960 and 2000, there were several instances of close cooperation, but other events brought the countries to the brink of war.
The Euphrates-Tigris Basin is shared between Turkey, Syria and Iraq, with Iran comprising parts of the Tigris basin. Since the 1960s, unilateral irrigation plans altering the flows of the rivers, coupled with political tensions between the countries, have strained relations in the basin.
