Euphrates River Today 2024 Update. Plummeting water levels at hydroelectric dams threaten water and power cuts for up to five million people. It rises in turkey and flows southeast across syria and through iraq.
Stranded fishing boats on the banks of the euphrates river in low water levels near the village of tawayhinah in northern syria on july 12. Mabbug, syria — the water crisis in north and east syria has reached a critical point as the illegal reduction of the flow of the euphrates river by turkey has reduced the river and downstream reservoirs to historic lows.