Bar chart of average Euphrates flow from Turkey into Syria, 2001–2026, against the 500 cubic meters per second minimum set in the 1987 protocol. Flows were above 500 in most years from 2003 to 2010, peaking at 757 in 2004. They fell to 416 in 2009. Flows met the minimum in 2016 and 2017, reached 705 in 2019, then stayed below it every year from 2021 to 2025, falling to an estimated 225 in 2024. In September 2026, inflows rose to 1,200. There is no data for 2011 to 2013 or for 2020.