In the period from October 23 to 26, the infrastructure and vital facilities in the region of North and East Syria were subjected to systematic bombardment by Turkish occupation army aircraft.
Where stations in the cities of Amuda, Qamishli, Girkê Legê, Tirbespiyê, and Derik were directly bombed, causing significant damage and rendering them out of service, depriving citizens of electricity.
The co-chair of the Energy Authority in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, Ziad Rustam, in an interview with ANHA's agency, pointed out that the infrastructure and vital facilities have been subjected to Turkish occupation shelling multiple times over the course of two consecutive years.
The infrastructure was subjected to bombardment by the Turkish occupation during the months of January 2023 and December 2024, which caused significant damage to vital facilities.
Ziad Rustam explained that the attacks during 2023 put pressure on the stations, especially after they were operational and secured at only 50% of their normal functioning, after utilizing parts that were available in the warehouses.
The planes deliberately targeted the most important parts of the stations.
Rustam and the damage inflicted on the power stations, he noted that the attacks that took place on October 24th, which targeted the power stations in the cities of Kobani, Tirbespiyê, and Amuda, greatly exacerbated the situation.
According to the Energy Authority, Turkish occupation warplanes deliberately targeted the electrical transformers (66 kilovolts) in the stations, which are the most important component of the electrical station, as it cannot be operated at all without them.
Emergency intervention through alternative lines with lower electrical voltage.
The Energy Authority, according to Rustam, has sought to intervene urgently after each occupation attack and coordinated with maintenance workshops in the districts, by supplying electricity to the affected areas through alternative lines (20 kilowatts) from neighboring stations, connecting them to the lines, operating the current in them, and providing it to bakeries, mills, residents' homes, and drinking water stations.
Rustam mentioned that "the affected areas were supplied with the minimum necessary, unfortunately, because the supply lines we connected from neighboring areas are medium voltage lines (20 kilovolts) and the electricity is weak due to the long distance, for example, supplying the city of Amuda from the city of Qamishlo and supplying the city of Derik from the city of Amuda and vice versa."
These long distances affect the voltage drop, meaning a decrease in the electrical current voltage, which results in reduced water pumping operations from the wells, barely meeting the citizens' needs.
Difficulties in providing spare parts
The co-chair of the Energy Authority, Ziad Rustam, regarding the difficulties in providing spare parts and power transformers, pointed out that they are "not available in the local market within the region, and importing them is difficult due to the imposed blockade and the lack of contracts with global companies."
Reminding of their efforts represented in finding an alternative by compensating the capacity of transformers through importing damaged parts via intermediary companies, inspecting old transformers in warehouses, and extracting parts that can be used in repairing the transformers damaged due to shelling.
T/ Satt.
ANHA
