Turkey’s airstrikes destroy energy sources in NE Syria

This report, issued by the Monitoring and Documentation Department of North Press Agency, sheds light on victims and casualties caused by the recent Turkish escalation at the beginning of 2024. It also highlights the long-term impact of the attacks on the population, if maintenance is not achieved or alternative sources of power are not found to produce cooking gas, electricity and fuel in the region.

Turkey’s deliberate subjection of more than three million Syrians in Northeast Syria to devastating living conditions with the aim of their total or partial destruction, in addition to the killing of people for being Kurds or for living in a certain area, are considered a mass genocide according to Rome Statute adopted on July 17, 1998.

In 2023, the region witnessed a shortage in domestic gas, oil derivatives for heating and transportation, as Turkey destroyed already vulnerable and limited resources of electricity and fuel production.

To see the full report click here.