Water quality in the Iraqi Euphrates is low because irrigation water tapped in Turkey and Syria flows back into the river, together with dissolved fertilizer chemicals used on the fields. The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers are drying up, and these are the very rivers that were once a critical part of the Cradle of Civilization in ancient Mesopotamia 2000 years before Christ. An unprecedented fall in the water levels of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers has exposed the rural population to dangers of heat, drought – and displaced wildlife. A number of studies on the Euphrates River done since 1996 have found that the river’s waters reach alarmingly high levels of salinity as the river progresses southward from Turkey and becomes unsuitable for irrigation just before the river reaches the Syrian-Iraqi border (ESCWA & BGR, 2013). Kangarani (2005) points out that over The water level of the Kinneret is 0.40 meters 1.4 ft lower from the upper red line and 3.80 meters 12.4 ft higher from the bottom red line and 5.67 meters 18.6 ft higher from the historic lowest water level ever measured in the Kinneret. The Euphrates in Iraq is down to a quarter of its normal flow. The salinity of Euphrates water in Iraq has increased as a result of upstream dam construction, leading to lower suitability as drinking water. Briefing the MPs on the status of the SYL case, the Chief Minister asked the MPs to push for amendment to Proviso of Section 12 of the Inter-State River Water Disputes (Amendment) Bill 2019, to protect Punjab’s water resources. High level of Euphrates threatens dozens of villages in north Syria The villages adjacent to the Euphrates River are facing great danger, especially near Kobani in northern Syria, the danger of rising water levels of the Euphrates River, in a new incident may damage agricultural crops and houses. All the numbers show the sign below sea level. In the wake of the war against Isis in Iraq, an ominous journey along the once-mighty river finds a new crisis lurking in the shallows What Does the Future of the Euphrates Spell for the Middle East? In 2018, the Tigris sunk so low that people in Baghdad could wade across it. The decrease in water primarily has resulted from a major drought in 2007 and the loss of snow pack in the mountains to the north. Swarms of snakes are attacking people and cattle in southern Iraq as the Euphrates and Tigris rivers dry up and the reptiles lose their natural habitat among the reed beds.