It was also named as one of the borders of the land God granted to Abraham’s descendants. The name of the third river is Tigris, the one that flows east of Assyria. The water level at the Tishrin Dam, the first into which the river falls inside Syria, has dropped five meters and is currently about ten centimeters above “dead level” when the turbines stop producing electricity. Two dams in northern Syria face imminent closure which would leave about three million people without any access to electricity. The 1,700 mile-long Euphrates is the main source of drinking water as well as powering three hydroelectric plants that produce electricity for about three million people in Syria. Syria is currently facing its worst drought in 70 years. This year, rainfall in southern Turkey where the Euphrates begins was the lowest in 30 years and for the past two years, the region has received only 50-70 percent of normal rainfall. Originating in Turkey, the Euphrates flows through Sy ria and Iraq to join the Tigris in the Shatt al-Arab, which empties into the Persian Gulf. According to one rabbi, this is the realization of a prophecy from the Book of Jeremiah.

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