SYRIA, TURKEY AND IRAQ

Turkey plans to construct the Ilisu Dam on the Tigris River as part of the Southeastern Anatolian Project that has 22 dams and 19 hydroelectric plants in the Tigris-Euphrates basin. Iraq and Syria see the Turkish project as a serious threat because the Tigris and Euphrates rivers meet 98% of Iraq and 90% of Syria's water requirements. Some analysts blame the current water crisis in northern Iraq and Syria for the rise of terror groups like ISIS in the region