WATER-RESOURCE CONFLICTS IN THE MIDDLE-EAST

Water resource issues are critical in the Middle East. Not only is the region located in the arid zone, but it is experiencing increasing pr essures on its scarce water resources, pressures that could erupt into serious conflict. This article analyzes the causes of these increasin g pressures and the conditions and major sources of conflict in the th ree major international river basins of the Middle East-the Tigris-Eup hrates, the Nile, and the Jordan-Yarmuk, and investigates possible sol utions.