EghtesadOnline: Leaders in the Middle East and North Africa region lack the political determination to solve water tensions in drought-stricken countries and a water conflict is looming, a former member of the World Water Council said.

EghtesadOnline: Disputes between Arab and non-Arab Muslim countries have emboldened the US and Israel to propose a lopsided Middle East peace plan, an expert on international relations said.

EghtesadOnline: From the foothills of the Taurus Mountains in Turkey where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers are fed to the desert Wadis on both sides of the Nile, the history of water conflicts provides a cautionary note.