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The Euphrates River has been one of the most important ... nearly 80 sites including jails and cemeteries from the ancient ...

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As the river moves downstream it carves out a valley. This is where the Indus people settled. Image caption, An artist's impression of an Indus city. The first farmers liked living near the river ...

Seven years after ISIS's fall, explosive remnants still endanger Raqqa residents in northeastern Syria. Handicap International's demining team is clearing these explosives from the Euphrates, aiming ...

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The Euphrates River is one of the most important water systems in recorded history. Located in Western Asia, at the very heart of the Middle East, the Euphrates-Tigris river system fed farmable ...