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| Jihadists Cut Water Supply in Syria's Aleppo |
| 2014-05-12 |
| [AnNahar] Residents of Syria's second city Aleppo have been without water for a week because jihadists have cut supplies into rebel and regime-held areas, a monitoring group said Sunday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front had cut water supplies from a pump distributing to both the rebel-held east and government-held west of Aleppo. Last month, opposition forces cut the electricity supply to regime-controlled areas of Aleppo and the surrounding countryside. But Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman said the groups were unable to cut off water supplies to regime areas without also affecting rebel-held neighborhoods, calling the move "a crime." Once home to some 2.5 million residents and considered Syria's economic powerhouse, Aleppo has been divided between government and opposition control since shortly after fighting there began in mid-2012. Around one million people have been displaced from the city since then by fighting and relentless regime aerial bombardments of rebel areas. Opposition forces also regularly shell regime-held parts of the city in the west. The Observatory said the week of water cuts had forced residents to queue in front of wells to collect water, and the Britannia-based group warned that some people were drinking unclean water risking a spread of disease. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #12 I'm afraid that I don't wear a crown. I've never even tried on a gown. If I went to Palmyra, I'd be a pariah. I'm falsity all the way down! |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2014-05-12 19:22 |
| #11 Ship, you seen a dangling participle? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2014-05-12 16:34 |
| #10 |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-05-12 16:04 |
| #9 There is a certain ummmm, blunt tone on occasion that makes me think male. Not that there's anything wrong with that. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-05-12 16:01 |
| #8 well Justice is a blindfolded Lady with scales and I....uh... see your point |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-05-12 15:01 |
| #7 Because it's a girl's name! |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-05-12 14:19 |
| #6 Stoffel ? A male of course. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-05-12 14:19 |
| #5 It's not every blog which has a resident, and very good, poet. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2014-05-12 14:17 |
| #4 Zenobia is a he? What made you think otherwise, g(r)omgoru? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-05-12 14:01 |
| #3 Zenobia is a he? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-05-12 13:08 |
| #2 damn......he's good |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-05-12 10:56 |
| #1 A reminder to Syrian preppers: Don't run short like the thirsty Aleppers. Dehydrated water! 'Cause you know you gotta Have something to wash down those peppers. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2014-05-12 06:39 |