CNN: Water is the latest battleground in Syria
(CNN)Nour, a housewife in Damascus, says the latest joke in the Syrian capital is also a prayer of sorts: "May the gold you hold become water."
It is a half-hearted attempt to make light of a water crisis that is impacting millions in Damascus, a city that has been relatively sheltered from the violence raging elsewhere in the country.
Nour said that her family just got water on Tuesday morning, after four days without access. Her family quickly lined up to use the shower and she switched on the washing machine. Now, when she hears the sound of the water motor running, she says it is "like a wedding."
"When the water comes, it's the same joy as a mom having a boy after 10 daughters," Nour said. She did not feel comfortable sharing her last name with CNN.
Some four million people in Damascus have suffered from acute water shortages for more than a week after springs outside the Syrian capital were targeted, the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement on December 29.
Water from the Wadi Barada and Ain al-Fija springs, which serve 70 percent of the population in and around Damascus, was cut after infrastructure was damaged in fierce clashes. OCHA described the damages as "deliberate," without saying who was responsible.
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WNU Editor: The fighting around Damascus is intensifying thereby aggravating the water shortage .... Syrian cease-fire crumbles as government forces advance around Damascus (Washington Post)
More News On Damascus' Water Crisis
Damascus water crisis rages as regime pounds rebel-held valley source, contaminates supply -- AP
Four million in Damascus without water -- Reuters
The Water Supply To Damascus Is Disrupted By Syria's Civil War -- NPR
Damascus water crisis continues for 10th day -- Press TV
Syrian ceasefire crumbles as Damascus 'on the brink of disaster' -- Sydney Morning Herald
Syrian water wars: Damascus still without water as battle for springs enters endgame -- SOFREP
Four million people in Damascus have no access to water -- Reliefweb
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https://janoberg.exposure.co/humans-in-liberated-aleppo
"I did not meet the White Helmets, the alleged humanitarian organisation that has received over US$ 100 million to rescue people, mobilised opinion for themselves to get the Nobel Peace Prize and was awarded the Right Livelihood Award in Stockholm a few days earlier.
I also met no one who had seen them or been helped by them - but did meet some who had heard about them.
Where should they have been if not in Eastern Aleppo helping tens of thousands getting with all they needed after the liberation from four years of hell?
During my days in Aleppo I did not see the leading international humanitarian organisations working in the field. On the road between Damascus and Aleppo, the only humanitarian transports I saw were Russian and Syrian; I did not see any of the large international convoys that Western governments have insisted on bringing in as part of various earlier ceasefire attempts."
"The blockade of water from Wadi Barada to 5 million people in Damascus is taking an interesting turn. The U.S. and UK financed White Helmet organization seems to be directly involved in it. This increases the suspicion that the illegal blockade of water to civilians in Damascus is part of a organized campaign under U.S. command. The campaign is designed to block utilities to government held areas as revenge for the liberation of east Aleppo."
http://www.moonofalabama.org/2017/01/usuk-paid-white-helmets-help-blocking-water-to-5-million-thirsty-syrians.html#more
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