Jaghjagh River

The Jaghjagh River (Arabic: نهر جقجق Nahr Jaqjaq, نهر الجغجغ Nahr al-Jaghjagh, or Nahr al-Hirmas, Turkish: Çağ-çağ Deresi, Syriac: ܢܗܕܐ ܕܔܩܔܩ Nahro dJaqjaq, Kurdish: Çemê Nisêbînê or Cexcex)[1] is a tributary of the Khabur River in Turkey and Syria.

The longer branch, known as Siyahsu (meaning dark water, Kurdish Av-e Resh), rises near the village of Toptepe in Mardin Province, Turkey, and flows 10 km to the confluence with the shorter branch, known as Beyazsu (meaning white water, Kurdish Av-e Spi).

The river crosses into Syria near the cities of Nusaybin and Qamishli.

Freshwater mussels and turtles live in the river.

Oil spills into the river caused by the repeated Turkish attacks on oil facilities nearby caused pollution of its watercourse.