Water is fascism weapon to face resistant peoples
Blocking of the Euphrates River has negatively affected the lives of people in Al-Hasakah canton and its countryside, and the agricultural season has been severely affected, while the people and farmers appealed to the international community to intervene and stop the crimes and violations of the Turkish state.
Since the beginning of the Syrian crisis until now, the Turkish occupation has committed many crimes and violations against the peoples of North and East Syria. It was represented by the occupation of lands, displacement of people, and demographic change, which reached the point of cutting off water to millions of people, in front of the international community.
The international community continues to remain silent about these crimes and violations, as does the guarantors on the ground, whether Russia or the International Coalition.
The Turkish occupation state began to block the water of the Euphrates River since the 27th of last January, by pumping an amount of no more than 200 cubic meters per second of water to the Syrian lands, and this quantity is much less than the agreed upon between the Syrian and Turkish governments in 1987.
This led to pollution that threatens the river’s waters, as water stopped and shells began to come out to its banks, which could cause an environmental and human disaster.
The low water level of the Euphrates also led to the failure of most of the agricultural season in the region, due to cutting off electricity to all regions.
Farmer Ali Muhammad al-Hajj, from the village of Umm al-Ma'az, located between Tal Tamr district and al-Hasakah city, noted the failure of the cotton cultivation season due to water and electricity cuts.Farmer Ali Al-Hajj called on international and humanitarian
organizations to intervene "to put an end to the Turkish occupation state in order to pump Syria's share of water into the Euphrates River, in addition to pumping water from the Alouk station and the Khabur River."
For his part, the head of the water resources department in Hasakah, Aldar Khalaf, said that the policy of cutting off the Euphrates water "is not new to Turkish fascism."
Khalaf explained that cutting the Euphrates water affected agriculture, especially during this period, when there was little rain this year.
Khalaf noted that many farmers and peasants have migrated their lands due to the drought spreading on the banks of the Euphrates River, "the lack of water has led to damage to the crops that were dependent on this water."
“It also impacted the work of the pumps feeding the Raqqa and Deir Ezzor regions with drinking water, due to the cessation of all turbines that generate electricity, and the power outages in all North and East regions of Syria."
As for the co-chair of Al-Hasakah Electricity Center, Suzan Shaker, she said that "due to the withholding water of the Euphrates River, the water level in Tishreen Dam decreased, and this led to a slowdown in the work of the turbines to generate electricity, and thus did not produce the necessary quantity to supply the area with electricity."
She noted that they rely on the Swediya facility to secure 15 megabytes of electricity, and are also used for service and vital lines, as the city of Hasakah is large and there are many hospitals, mills and bakeries in it.
Suzan Shaker appealed to the concerned authorities and human rights organizations to put an end to the actions of the Turkish occupation state.
J.O
ANHA
Water is fascism weapon to face resistant peoples
Since the beginning of the Syrian crisis until now, the Turkish occupation has committed many crimes and violations against the peoples of North and East Syria. It was represented by the occupation of lands, displacement of people, and demographic change, which reached the point of cutting off water to millions of people, in front of the international community.
The international community continues to remain silent about these crimes and violations, as does the guarantors on the ground, whether Russia or the International Coalition.
The Turkish occupation state began to block the water of the Euphrates River since the 27th of last January, by pumping an amount of no more than 200 cubic meters per second of water to the Syrian lands, and this quantity is much less than the agreed upon between the Syrian and Turkish governments in 1987.
This led to pollution that threatens the river’s waters, as water stopped and shells began to come out to its banks, which could cause an environmental and human disaster.
The low water level of the Euphrates also led to the failure of most of the agricultural season in the region, due to cutting off electricity to all regions.
Farmer Ali Muhammad al-Hajj, from the village of Umm al-Ma'az, located between Tal Tamr district and al-Hasakah city, noted the failure of the cotton cultivation season due to water and electricity cuts.Farmer Ali Al-Hajj called on international and humanitarian
organizations to intervene "to put an end to the Turkish occupation state in order to pump Syria's share of water into the Euphrates River, in addition to pumping water from the Alouk station and the Khabur River."
For his part, the head of the water resources department in Hasakah, Aldar Khalaf, said that the policy of cutting off the Euphrates water "is not new to Turkish fascism."
Khalaf explained that cutting the Euphrates water affected agriculture, especially during this period, when there was little rain this year.
Khalaf noted that many farmers and peasants have migrated their lands due to the drought spreading on the banks of the Euphrates River, "the lack of water has led to damage to the crops that were dependent on this water."
“It also impacted the work of the pumps feeding the Raqqa and Deir Ezzor regions with drinking water, due to the cessation of all turbines that generate electricity, and the power outages in all North and East regions of Syria."
As for the co-chair of Al-Hasakah Electricity Center, Suzan Shaker, she said that "due to the withholding water of the Euphrates River, the water level in Tishreen Dam decreased, and this led to a slowdown in the work of the turbines to generate electricity, and thus did not produce the necessary quantity to supply the area with electricity."
She noted that they rely on the Swediya facility to secure 15 megabytes of electricity, and are also used for service and vital lines, as the city of Hasakah is large and there are many hospitals, mills and bakeries in it.
Suzan Shaker appealed to the concerned authorities and human rights organizations to put an end to the actions of the Turkish occupation state.
J.O
ANHA
