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Egypt Kicks Off Campaign to Remove Violations on Nile River

The Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation launched a campaign to monitor and remove violations on the Nile River. (Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation)
The Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation launched a campaign to monitor and remove violations on the Nile River. (Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation)
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Egypt Kicks Off Campaign to Remove Violations on Nile River

The Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation launched a campaign to monitor and remove violations on the Nile River. (Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation)
The Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation launched a campaign to monitor and remove violations on the Nile River. (Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation)

The Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation launched a campaign to monitor and remove violations on the Nile River before the start of the third-stage filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) reservoir,

Egypt derives 90 percent of its water needs, or 55.5 billion cubic meters, from the Nile.

Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel-Aty ordered affiliate state agencies to be fully prepared during the Eid al-Fitr holiday that started on Monday and that coincided with the peak need for water.

He urged the agencies to maintain their efforts in combating all forms of violations along the Nile, said a Ministry statement.

Violations were detected along the Nile in Cairo, Sohag, Damietta and Minya.

The removal of the violations aims to achieve good management, operation, and maintenance of the water system to ensure that water needs are met, the ministry added.

It also sends a messages to everyone who deigns to commit violations along waterways and irrigation fields.

Around 56,000 violations across 8.2 million square meters of area along the Nile have been removed in coordination with the state agencies.

Egypt suffers from water shortages as it manages to supply 74 billion out of the 114 billion cubic meters it needs to meet local demand.

Meanwhile, Addis Ababa is expected to start the third phase of filling the GERD's reservoir during the rainy season in July, which only compound the shortage.

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Remains of 30 People Believed Killed by ISIS Found in Syria in a Search by Qatar and FBI 

Journalist James Foley responds to questions during an interview with The Associated Press, in Boston, May 27, 2011. (AP)
Journalist James Foley responds to questions during an interview with The Associated Press, in Boston, May 27, 2011. (AP)
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Remains of 30 People Believed Killed by ISIS Found in Syria in a Search by Qatar and FBI 

Journalist James Foley responds to questions during an interview with The Associated Press, in Boston, May 27, 2011. (AP)
Journalist James Foley responds to questions during an interview with The Associated Press, in Boston, May 27, 2011. (AP)

The remains of 30 people believed to have been killed by the ISIS group have been found in a remote Syrian town in a search led by Qatari search teams and the FBI, according to a statement from Qatar on Monday.

The Qatari internal security forces said the FBI had requested the search, and that DNA tests are currently underway to determine the identities of the people. The Qatari agency did not whom the American intelligence and security agency is trying to find.

Dozens of foreigners, including aid workers and journalists, were killed by ISIS militants who had controlled large swaths of Syria and Iraq for half a decade. The extremist group lost most of its territory in late 2017 and was declared defeated in 2019.

Since then, dozens of gravesites and mass graves have been discovered in northern Syria containing remains and bodies of people ISIS had abducted over the years.

American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, as well as humanitarian workers Kayla Mueller and Peter Kassig are among those killed by ISIS.

John Cantlie, a British correspondent, was abducted alongside Foley in 2012, and was last seen alive in one of the extremist group's propaganda videos in 2016.

The search took place in the town of Dabiq, near Syria's northern border with Türkiye.

Mass graves have also found in areas previously controlled by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad who was ousted in a lightning insurgency last December, ending his family's half-century rule. For years, the Assads used their notorious security and intelligence agencies to crack down on dissidents, many who have gone missing.

The United Nations in 2021 estimated that over 130,000 Syrians were taken away and disappeared during the peaceful uprising that began in 2011 and descended into a 13-year civil war.