Turkish drone strike deprives Syria’s Amuda of power, water
AMUDA, Syria (North Press) – Mahabad Sherro, an administrator in the Electricity Directorate of Amuda town, northeast Syria, affiliated with the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), said on Monday that Amuda is facing a complete water and power outage after a Turkish drone hit a nearby power station.
The Turkish bombardment of vital facilities in northeastern Syria since October 5 has resulted in power stations in Hasakah, Amuda, Qamishli, Tirbe Spiyeh, and Derik (al-Malikiyah), going completely out of service.
Sherro noted that the power transformer station in Amuda went out of service on October 5, which led to a water outage in Amuda and also in Hasakah, whose water comes from Alouk pumping station. “The Amuda station supplies power to the Derbasiyah power station, which in turn supplies the Alouk station.”
On October 7, the Foreign Relations Department of the AANES stated in a press conference that the Turkish escalation against north and northeast Syria “has left more than two million people without essential services such as water and electricity.”
The production capacity for the Amuda transformer station is 18 megawatts. It serves more than 9,000 households in Amuda with electricity, according to Sherro.