Power generators to stop leaving Aleppo countryside in dark
ALEPPO, Syria (North Press) – Northern countryside of Aleppo governorate witnessed on Thursday complete power outage due to reducing feeding hours to only two on Wednesday as a result of lack of fuel.
Fuel has not enter to the neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyah in Aleppo city for about 15 days, which led to the consumption and depletion of reserve stock, so that generators stopped working, Walat Ma’mo, co-chair of council of the neighborhoods told North Press.
A source from the Municipal Authority (operating in the northern countryside of Aleppo) told North Press that “all generators, which are 35, in the region will stop working,” starting from Thursday until allowing the entry of diesel again.
The left reserve stock is used to operate wells and bakeries only, according to the same source.
For the fourth consecutive day, Sheikh Maksoud and Ashrafiyah have been suffering from electricity outage because checkpoints of the 4th Armored Division of the government forces prevent the entry of fuel.
Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh neighborhoods, in addition to the IDPs camps and villages in the northern countryside of Aleppo, also known as Shahba region, are housing the IDPs of Afrin who fled the violations and the invasion of the Turkish forces and the Turkish-backed armed opposition factions since their control of Afrin in 2018.
In late March and early April, the Fourth Division denied the entry of foodstuff to the two neighborhoods for 46 days.
Both Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh neighborhoods, northern Aleppo, are semi-autonomous and run by a civil administration.
The two neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh have become a safe haven for many people from both inside and outside the city of Aleppo. This has led to the activation of trade and industrial movement, but the Syrian government besieges them frequently.
Also, both Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh enjoy security and stability better than that of the other neighborhoods in Aleppo, which made them to be a target of the armed opposition factions several times.
The neighborhoods are separated from the other neighborhoods in Aleppo by three government security checkpoints; Ashrafiyeh, Awared, and Maghsalat al-Jazira.