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After sixty years of dispute: Syria's energy ministry describes Euphrates waters as "transboundary"

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The ministry's statement followed a technical meeting with Iraq, as Damascus and Baghdad seek to improve coordination and unify information before returning to talks with Ankara. New stations alone will not determine the shares.

Syria, Iraq and Turkey share the Euphrates river, and the division of its water has long been a point of dispute among the three countries.

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