Alwaght- Syrian government says the militant groups have poisoned drinking water supplies of the country's capital city with diesel, forcing authorities to cut the city's water for a couple of days.
The necessary cut of water supplies will include both the capital and its suburbs, Syrian authorities announced in a brief statement posted on the official website of the Damascus City Water Supply and Sewerage Authority.
The problem is expected to resolve in next few days, the authorities said, adding that the water reserves of the provinces of Rif Dimashq and Damascus will be used instead.
The al-Fija spring, which supplies the capital with water, is located in the militant-held Souq Wadi Barada village, northwest of Damascus, in a mountainous terrain near the Lebanese border. Much of the surrounding areas are controlled by Syrian government troops.
The terrorists’ desperate attack on water resources came a few days after Aleppo, Syria’s second largest city, was fully liberated from the grips of terrorist groups. The city was the last major urban area controlled by terrorists.
Aleppo’s liberation is seen as a crushing blow to the militants and their foreign supporters, who have been actively working to topple the Damascus government since March 2011.
UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura estimates that over 400,000 people have been killed since the onset of the militancy. The UN has stopped its official casualty count in Syria, citing its inability to verify the figures it receives from various sources.
