{"id":55371,"date":"2021-03-03T12:45:37","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T12:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=55371"},"modified":"2021-03-03T12:45:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T12:45:38","slug":"turkeys-water-seizure-increases-farmers-suffering-in-syrias-manbij","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/55371\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey’s water seizure increases farmers’ suffering in Syria’s Manbij"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MANBIJ, Syria (North Press) \u2013 <\/strong>The recent seizure of the Euphrates water by Turkeyhas increased the sufferings of the villagers in the countryside of Manbij, north Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Water cutoff by Turkey affected people in the Syrian territory in terms of generating power, irrigating lands, and fishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey has been seizing the Euphrates water since mid in February.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Khalaf al-Khamis, a resident of al-Sandaliya village, adjacent to the Euphrates River, said, “Our suffering increased since the water level decreased.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Fishermen are also suffering as there is little fishing now,” he told North Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Ahmad Hamza, from Kherbat Bashar village, east Manbij, is forced to transfer water to his house by tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We are about to face a real disaster, since most villagers near the river mainly depend on cultivating as a source of living, and there will not be agriculture production this year due to the decreasing water level,” Hamza told North Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey keeps water in six dams, the largest of which is Ataturk Dam and the second largest in the Middle East, with a storage capacity of 48 billion m\u00b3, violating by that the international agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the agreement signed between Syria and Turkey in 1987 related to the Euphrates River, Syria\u2019s share of water coming from Turkey, is 500 m\u00b3 per second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reporting by Saddam al-Hassan<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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