Turkey blocks Euphrates water flow, that threatens Syria’s food security

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) warns of an imminent environmental disaster that threatens food security and a humanitarian catastrophe that would deprive nearly 2.5 million people of Euphrates River water in different areas in Al-Raqqah, Al-Hasakah, Deir Ezzor and Kobani.

" Euphrates River water level has reached low levels after rising flow of water at good levels compared to previous periods nearly a month ago.

This development ignited people’s fears and concerns over environmental and service risks to the population and the significant damage to agricultural land if the Turkish government continues to cut Syria’s share of Euphrates water", SOHR added.

"Turkish occupation state was using water as a weapon against NE sinceApril 2 by reducing the amount of Euphrates River water which enters NE, Syria's dams", Office of Energy and Communications in Al-Jazira region stated on April 4.

Environmental specialists had confirmed during the International Water Forum in North and East Syria, which was held in late September 2021, that the Turkish “Gap” project, which consists of 19 dams on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, most of which are located in the territory of Kurdistan, has eliminated job opportunities for what Approximately 5,000 Kurds, and it increased Turkey’s colonial control over Kurdistan, that led to forcible emptying of 4,000 villages of their residents for colonial motives.

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