The Islamic State attacks and successfully captures Tharthar Dam near Fallujah, on the Tigris River in Anbar province, Iraq. The attack leaves 127 Iraqi soldiers dead. After capturing the dam, the fighters open at least one floodgate, affecting downstream communities.
Belgrade reports that NATO planes had targeted a hydroelectric plant during the Kosovo campaign.
NATO targets utilities and shuts down water supplies in Belgrade. NATO bombs bridges on Danube, disrupting navigation.
Serbian engineers shut down water system in Pristina prior to occupation by NATO.
Two Mexican farmers argue for years over water rights to a small spring used to irrigate a small corn plot near the town of Pihuamo. In March, these farmers shoot each other dead.
At least 40 people die in Kenya and Ethiopia in continuing clashes over water, livestock, and grazing land. Fighting occurs in the southern Ethiopia in the region of Oromo and the northern Kenya Marsabit district.
At least one Yemeni is killed and three wounded in clashes with police in Aden in southern Yemen over the cutting off of water.
Several incidents of protests, injuries, and deaths are reported in regions of Peru where residents oppose large mines because of concerns over water quality and water rights. Police kill four protestors in clashes over the proposed Canadian-operated $5 billion dollar Minas Conga gold mine.
Fighters from Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda, bomb the main pipeline carrying water to the city of Aleppo from the Euphrates River. More than 100 people are sickened by contaminated water.
In August 2015, Syrian rebel groups cut off water from a spring in Ain al-Fijah, reducing water output to Damascus by 90 percent for three days and leading to water shortages and rationing. Rebels continue to periodically shut off the supply from the spring, resulting in water shortages in Ain al-Fijah and Damascus. Rebels threaten to blow up the spring if government forces enter the region.