Water Resource Conflicts in the Middle East

Abstract

Abstract Water resource issues are critical in the Middle East. Not only is the region located in the arid zone, but it is experiencing increasing pressures on its scarce water resources, pressures that could erupt into serious conflict. This article analyzes the causes of these increasing pressures and the conditions and major sources of conflict in the three major international river basins of the Middle East—the Tigris-Euphrates, the Nile, and the Jordan-Yarmuk, and investigates possible solutions.