Turkish-backed Syrian group cuts off water to Hasakah
Hasakah residents in northeast Syria have relied on buying water from private suppliers as their underground wells have dried up, while the Turkish-backed factions suspended pumping operations from the only water station supplying the city.
ALEPPO, Syria — Potable water has become a scarce commodity in Syria’s northeastern city of Hasakah, which is under the control of the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, due to the declining groundwater levels and depletion of many water wells, caused by drought and lack of rain over the past years.
Water supplies to the neighborhoods of the city also stopped as water pumping operations were halted as a result of the repeated and prolonged water cuts.
The water pumping stations that supply northeast Syria rely on the Allouk water station, located in Ras al-Ain, which is under the control of the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA). The latter are often accused of cutting off water supplies to the cities and towns in the area.
Since early September, the water well that Ahmed Atieh dug two years ago near his home in the Ghweran neighborhood of Hasakah city has dried up.
