Euphrates River 2024 News. The euphrates river is one of the most important water systems in recorded history. Water levels of the tigris and euphrates rivers in iraq — the headwaters of which originate in turkey — have plunged 30 per cent in recent days, according to iraq’s ministry of water resources.
The euphrates river is the longest river in western asia. This is the end of iraq as a country, as a civilization.