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Critical water shortage: Mosul Dam reserves hit an alarming low
Critical water shortage: Mosul Dam reserves hit an alarming low

Shafaq News

time11-07-2025

  • Climate
  • Shafaq News

Critical water shortage: Mosul Dam reserves hit an alarming low

Shafaq News – Mosul Iraq's Mosul Dam is facing an unprecedented and critical decline in water storage due to prolonged drought and a sharp drop in inflows, a weather expert warned on Friday. Speaking to Shafaq News Agency, meteorologist Sadeq Al-Attiyah stated that the dam has lost over half of its water reserves within just one year, plunging from 8 billion cubic meters to around 3 billion. 'This sharp decline reflects the gravity of the current situation,' he cautioned. Al-Attiyah pointed to a recently published animated graphic that clearly illustrates the dramatic loss in the dam's upper reservoir, underscoring the speed and scale of the drop in storage levels. While Iraq's Ministry of Water Resources recently announced that Turkiye has increased water releases into Iraq to 130 cubic meters per second—up from 60—the ministry acknowledged that the current volume remains insufficient to meet the country's actual river needs. Earlier, Ramadan Hamza, an expert in water resource policy and strategy, told Shafaq News that Iraq is unlikely to benefit substantially from the increased Turkish releases.

Al-Attiyah, Carrera aim to maintain momentum in Jordan
Al-Attiyah, Carrera aim to maintain momentum in Jordan

Gulf Today

time29-05-2025

  • Automotive
  • Gulf Today

Al-Attiyah, Carrera aim to maintain momentum in Jordan

Nineteen-time FIA Middle East Rally Champion Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah and his Spanish co-driver Candido Carrera will be aiming to extend their perfect winning start to the season with victory in this weekend's Jordan Rally. The fourth round of the regional rally series gets underway from the Royal Automobile Club of Jordan (RACJ) in Amman on Thursday evening. Spectators are welcome to attend from 18.00hrs with a display of drift and competition cars also on site before the ceremonial start gets underway at 19.15hrs. Al-Attiyah and Carrera are chasing a fourth successive win this season after victories in Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. While Carrera chases a maiden regional rally title, Al-Attiyah will be hoping that a staggering 90th FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC) event win would also net him a record-breaking 17th success in the Hashemite Kingdom and yet another win with an Autotek-run Skoda Fabia RS. The Qatari arrived in Amman from South Africa, via a brief pit stop in Doha, and has been mentally preparing himself in Amman away from the punishing heat at the Dead Sea. The team carried out a brief shakedown test on Tuesday afternoon, although the Qatari is aware that he has strong competition over a dozen challenging gravel stages in the Jordan Valley and Dead Sea areas this weekend. Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah Fresh from a strong result at the recent WRC Rally of Portugal, Rakan Al-Rashed will be hoping to build upon that experience to continue his push for a first ever MERC event win in a Toyota GR Yaris. The Saudi and his Portuguese co-driver Hugo Magalhaes picked up points for second place in Oman and Saudi Arabia and fourth in Qatar to hold second in the title race, albeit 31 points behind Al-Attiyah and Carrera. Oman's Abdullah Al-Rawahi won the event outright on his way to the regional title in 2023 and will also benefit from the experience of local co-driver Ata Al-Hmoud this weekend. Al-Rawahi is third in the Drivers' Championship with points for second place in Qatar being his best result of the season so far. Al-Hmoud said: 'We have one target and that is to win the rally. It will not be easy, especially with Nasser in the Skoda RS and Rakan with his Toyota Yaris and Abdulaziz with the Citroen. 'We have the experience in Jordan. Hopefully, we can be the top level of the game. The Dead Sea at this time of year is very hot. Weather conditions could be a tough one. I missed Jeddah (Rally Saudi Arabia) because my wife delivered two babies, two young angels, a baby girl and a baby boy. Now I have a bigger family. We will do our best to win this event.' Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari is the defending regional champion and also won last year's Jordan National Championship. The Qatari has enjoyed more seat time this season in rallies and cross-country events and showed with a pair of third-place finishes in Qatar and Saudi Arabia that his Citroen C3 is more than capable of challenging for the win. Consistent finishes have lifted Nasser Khalifa Al-Atya into fourth in the points' standings in his Ford Fiesta, although the Qatari veteran is also chasing glory in the inaugural FIA Master MERC Championship for Drivers.

Al-Attiyah wins inaugural Rally Saudi Arabia
Al-Attiyah wins inaugural Rally Saudi Arabia

Qatar Tribune

time04-05-2025

  • Automotive
  • Qatar Tribune

Al-Attiyah wins inaugural Rally Saudi Arabia

JEDDAH: Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah and his Spanish co-driver Candido Carrera secured a comfortable victory at the inaugural Jeddah-based Rally Saudi Arabia powered by Jameel Motorsports on Saturday. The Qatari won five of the day's six gravel stages to the north of the Red Sea city to earn a record-breaking 89th career MERC rally win, as he bids for a 20th FIA Middle East Rally Championship title. His Autotek Škoda Fabia RS suffered one time-consuming puncture on the second stage of the final day, but Al-Attiyah hit back to win his third successive MERC event with Carrera by 1min 37.4sec. Al-Attiyah said: 'It was nice to win the rally. But the good thing was that we had the rally back here in Saudi Arabia. I cannot wait for the next one in November. I want to do it in a Rally1 car!'

Nasser Al-Attiyah wins third stage of Abu Dhabi Desert Rally
Nasser Al-Attiyah wins third stage of Abu Dhabi Desert Rally

Sharjah 24

time26-02-2025

  • Automotive
  • Sharjah 24

Nasser Al-Attiyah wins third stage of Abu Dhabi Desert Rally

Al-Attiyah takes overall lead With his stage win, Al-Attiyah surged to the overall lead. However, his teammate, Sebastien Loeb, received a two-minute penalty for speeding, dropping him to third place in the overall standings, 1 minute and 57 seconds behind Moraes. The rally, under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, is organized by the Emirates Motorsports Organisation and Abu Dhabi Sports Council. Motorcycle and Quad victories In the motorcycle category, Honda's Tosha Charena regained the overall lead, beating KTM's Luciano Benavides by 2 minutes and 15 seconds. In the Quads category, Emirati rider Abdul Aziz Ahli dominated, finishing 11 minutes and 17 seconds ahead of Poland's Marcin Wielkolik.

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