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Environmental Protest - Istanbul

concerned citizens gather to protest environmental risks following a mining disaster in Erzincan's Ilic district. The protest targets Calik Holding, the operator of the mining area, amid fears of toxic contamination reaching the Euphrates River and potentially flowing into the Persian Gulf on February 14, 2024, in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo by Mert Can Bukulmez/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Environmental Protest - Istanbul

concerned citizens gather to protest environmental risks following a mining disaster in Erzincan's Ilic district. The protest targets Calik Holding, the operator of the mining area, amid fears of toxic contamination reaching the Euphrates River and potentially flowing into the Persian Gulf on February 14, 2024, in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo by Mert Can Bukulmez/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Environmental Protest - Istanbul

concerned citizens gather to protest environmental risks following a mining disaster in Erzincan's Ilic district. The protest targets Calik Holding, the operator of the mining area, amid fears of toxic contamination reaching the Euphrates River and potentially flowing into the Persian Gulf on February 14, 2024, in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo by Mert Can Bukulmez/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Environmental Protest - Istanbul

concerned citizens gather to protest environmental risks following a mining disaster in Erzincan's Ilic district. The protest targets Calik Holding, the operator of the mining area, amid fears of toxic contamination reaching the Euphrates River and potentially flowing into the Persian Gulf on February 14, 2024, in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo by Mert Can Bukulmez/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Environmental Protest - Istanbul

concerned citizens gather to protest environmental risks following a mining disaster in Erzincan's Ilic district. The protest targets Calik Holding, the operator of the mining area, amid fears of toxic contamination reaching the Euphrates River and potentially flowing into the Persian Gulf on February 14, 2024, in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo by Mert Can Bukulmez/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Environmental Protest - Istanbul

concerned citizens gather to protest environmental risks following a mining disaster in Erzincan's Ilic district. The protest targets Calik Holding, the operator of the mining area, amid fears of toxic contamination reaching the Euphrates River and potentially flowing into the Persian Gulf on February 14, 2024, in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo by Mert Can Bukulmez/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Latest Images From Space Station

Handout photo dated August 4, 2023 shows Northrop Grumman's Cygnus cargo craft is pictured from the International Space Station as it approaches while orbiting 260 miles above the Euphrates River in Iraq. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Chinese, Italian museums hold exhibition on civilizations formed by great rivers

STORY: Chinese, Italian museums hold exhibition on civilizations formed by great rivers DATELINE: Aug. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:42 LOCATION: HANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exhibition STORYLINE: The exhibition titled "Civilizations of the Great Rivers" is being held in Ningbo Museum in east China's Zhejiang Province. Approximately 200 cultural relics are on display in the exhibition, including 108 cultural artifacts from four Italian museums, and artifacts from 13 Chinese cultural institutions. Items on show include seals and pottery from the Euphrates-Tigris river basin; mummified animals and painted wooden coffins from ancient Egypt; painted Harappan pottery from the Indus River Valley; and colorful pottery, jade articles, bronze ware and porcelain dating back to early Chinese history from the Yellow River Basin and the Yangtze River Basin. "By displaying artifacts from different civilizations that formed by great rivers in one exhibition, we hope to help people und

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Iraq's Haditha popular tourist destination for Iraqis

STORY: Iraq's Haditha popular tourist destination for Iraqis DATELINE: Feb. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:10 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Haditha City STORYLINE: Straddling the Euphrates River, the city of Haditha, some 200 km northwest of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, is one of the most beautiful tourist sites in the vast desert province of Anbar. Haditha is also famous for its ancient yet still functioning water wheels (also known as al-Nawaeer), which are moved by the river's flow to raise water from the river to the high agricultural lands, particularly when water levels of the river receded. The city is a popular tourist destination for its stunning scenery, especially since the security situation improved after the Iraqi forces dislodged the extremist Islamic State (IS) militants from the country in 2017. The city of Haditha is located near the Haditha Dam, which is the second largest dam in Iraq after the Mosul Dam. This dam greatly improves the city's development, providing m

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IRAQ-HADITHA-EUPHRATES RIVER-SCENERY

(230212) -- IRAQ, Feb. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tourists enjoy the view near water wheels, also known as al-Nawaeer, in the city of Haditha in northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, on Feb. 10, 2023. Straddling the Euphrates River, the city of Haditha, some 200 km northwest of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, is famous for its ancient yet still functioning water wheels, which are moved by the river's flow to raise water from the river to the high agricultural lands, particularly when water levels of the river receded. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-HADITHA-EUPHRATES RIVER-SCENERY

(230212) -- IRAQ, Feb. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tourists enjoy the view near water wheels, also known as al-Nawaeer, in the city of Haditha in northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, on Feb. 10, 2023. Straddling the Euphrates River, the city of Haditha, some 200 km northwest of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, is famous for its ancient yet still functioning water wheels, which are moved by the river's flow to raise water from the river to the high agricultural lands, particularly when water levels of the river receded. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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(1)Japanese GSDF troops in Samawah

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Members of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force unit on an aid mission in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah work to reinforce the bank of the Euphrates River on April 1.

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Pontoon bridge in Samawah collapses due to high river

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Photo taken March 25 shows a pontoon bridge in central Samawah, southern Iraq, that collapsed due to the swollen state of the Euphrates River.

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(3)Recent scenes of Iraq's Samawah

SAMAWAH, Iraq - People going home from work cross a bridge over the Euphrates River in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah.

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(3)Recent scenes of Iraq's Samawah

SAMAWAH, Iraq - People going home from work cross a bridge over the Euphrates River in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah. (Kyodo)

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(1)Japanese GSDF troops in Samawah

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Members of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force unit on an aid mission in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah work to reinforce the bank of the Euphrates River on April 1. (Kyodo)

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Euphrates River

The Euphrates River is seen from Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria, on Feb. 18, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kurdish soldiers in Syria

Kurdish soldiers of the Syrian Democratic Forces stand at a checkpoint near the Euphrates River in Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria, on Feb. 18, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pontoon bridge in Samawah collapses due to high river

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Photo taken March 25 shows a pontoon bridge in central Samawah, southern Iraq, that collapsed due to the swollen state of the Euphrates River. (Kyodo)