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In Iraq’s summer, residents of Kurdistan’s Arbil ache for water
Boys cool off with water from a mobile tanker as summer temperatures soar in Iraq’s northern autonomous Kurdish region — Safin HAMID The taps have run dry, and the wells are almost empty. In the capital of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, 80-year-old Babir hasn’t bathed in weeks and impatiently waits for trucked-in water deliveries. “There […]
Turkish officer orders water cut off to Al-Hasakah, Canton Council declares emergency
Today, the Water Directorate and the Al-Hasakah Canton Council declared emergency in Al-Hasakah, due to cutting off drinking water from the Alouk station, which is under the Turkish occupation mercenaries, after orders from an officer, calling on international and humanitarian organizations to intervene quickly to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe. The declaration of emergency came after […]
Turkish officer orders water cut off to Al-Hasakah, Canton Council declares emergency
Today, the Water Directorate and the Al-Hasakah Canton Council declared emergency in Al-Hasakah, due to cutting off drinking water from the Alouk station, which is under the Turkish occupation mercenaries, after orders from an officer, calling on international and humanitarian organizations to intervene quickly to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe. The declaration of emergency came after […]
Real reason for Hasaka water cut-off
Media outlets of the Autonomous Administration of North-East Syria keep campaigning against Turkey, arguing about recent water cut-offs, leaving 460.000+ people without water in the time of a pandemic. Though I strongly agree that leaving people without water is a crime against human rights – especially at the time of a pandemic sweeping across the […]