ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – On Saturday, Turkish-backed armed groups cut the flow from a reservoir that supplies water to areas in northeastern Syria’s Hasakah province that are controlled by the Kurdish-led local government, depriving some 460,000 people in the region of the essential resource.
Alouk Water Station, which supplies water to over 460,000 people in Syria’s Hasakah province. (Photo: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights).
Speaking to the local Hawar News Agency, an official from the administration’s Directorate of Water, confirmed the news later that day.
“It was assumed that the Russian state was the guarantor of supplying the city with water, but they did not play their role well,” said Sozdar Ahmed, co-chair of the directorate.
The Russian military brokered a deal with the Turkish army in December to guarantee drinking water to Kurdish-led areas in exchange for power supply.
At the same time Bloomberg reported Turkey is supplying medical equipment to Israel, including face masks, protective overalls and sterile gloves to help the country fight the Covid-19 outbreak, following years of frosty ties.
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