The Friendship Dam is a
dam on the
Orontes River
The Orontes (; from Ancient Greek , ) or Asi ( ar, العاصي, , ; tr, Asi) is a river with a length of in Western Asia that begins in Lebanon, flowing northwards through Syria before entering the Mediterranean Sea near Samandağ in Turkey.
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between the
Syrian village of
al-Alani
Al-Alani ( ar, العلاني, al-ʿAlānī, also spelled al-Alini or al-Lani) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Idlib Governorate, just east of the Syria–Turkey border. Nearby localities include Salqin and Isqat
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, and the
Turkish
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*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
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*** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey
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village of Ziyaret. It will cost $28.5 million and will be able to generate 16 million kilowatt-hours of electricity every year and supply water for 10,000 hectares of agricultural soil. In late June 2011 it was reported that the construction was delayed due to the
uprising in Syria. A protocol which was supposed to be signed between the two countries, was not.
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See also
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Iran–Turkmenistan Friendship Dam
References
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Dams in Syria
Dams in Hatay Province
Syria–Turkey relations
Syria–Turkey border