Turkey cuts off waters of Euphrates again

SHILAN MOHAMMED / MANBIJ

The Turkish authorities have once again imposed a water block on Syria as one of the weapons of war against the Syrian people, who have suffered the curse of war for more than seven years.

While the Turkish president and AKP leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan claims his friendship with the Syrian people on the one hand, he continues to threaten his continued threats to occupy more Syrian territory, such as Afrin and al-Bab.

In addition to the policy of supporting terrorists and mercenaries in Syria, interference in internal affairs and the occupation of Syrian territory, Turkey practices a water-siege policy in an attempt to put pressure on the people, perhaps to displace them .

Although the Euphrates water problem is an old problem between Turkey and Syria, it has returned with the start of the Syrian crisis. Turkey is unique in controlling the riverbed, which feeds thousands of hectares of agricultural land in Syria and Iraq alongside Turkey and is a source of livelihood for millions of people.

Turkey does not respect the terms of a previous agreement signed with the Syrian government decades ago and states that Syria's share exceeds 500 cubic meters of water per second, but the current quantities that Turkey passes to Syria are less than half the amount agreed upon.

The fact that those affected by this policy are civilians and farmers in particular, these were the first to express their dissatisfaction and anger at the policy of the Turkish government.

Hameed Abdi, 80 years-old, from Qara Qusaq village, on the Euphrates River, says he has not seen injustice similar to what Turkey is doing in his lifetime.

In addition, power cuts affect the work of dams in northern Syria, which are supplying power to large Syrian areas. The period of electricity from the dams has been reduced to 8 hours instead of 12 hours previously.

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