Ain al-Fijah
Ain al-Fijah
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Ain al-Fijah (
Spring
The town was built around the Ain al-Fijah springs (
Syrian Civil War
Ain al-Fijah came into the spotlight during the ongoing
On March 14, 2017, the U.N. Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria said that the Syria's air force deliberately bombed water sources in December, a war crime that cut off water for 5.5 million people in and around the capital Damascus. The commission said it had found no evidence of deliberate contamination of the water supply or demolition by armed groups, as the Syrian government maintained at the time.[9]
Activists in Barada had said that the government and their
On 15 January 2017, a deal was reached to repair the damage to water supply. Syrian government workers entered the town to begin restoring water to the capital after weeks of shortages, and the plan was to fix it in three days.[10] However, fighting continued the following day completely derailing the plan. Armed men killed the head of the negotiation team overseeing the repair agreement, and both sides blamed each other for this.[11]
The offensive against Ain al-Fijah continued, and on 19 January, the opposition and the Syrian government reached a ceasefire agreement which included measures to repair the water-pumping station and further outlined steps for the amnesty or evacuation of Barada's opposition fighters.
References
- ^ a b c General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2012-12-09 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 147
- ^ "اللحظة الحرجة ، لمياه الشرب في دمشق".
- ^ Ain al-Fijah Description. Archnet Digital Library.
- ^ Grehan, 2007, p. 125.
- ^ Moubayed, 2006, p. 235.
- ^ Moubayed, 2006, pp. 450-451.
- ^ Water crisis in Syrian capital as government attacks valley. Associated Press.
- ^ "In war crime, Syria deliberately bombed Damascus water supply - UN". Reuters. March 14, 2017.
- ^ Syria: Deal reached to repair Wadi Barada water supply[permanent dead link]. Al-Jazeera.
- ^ Syria fighting derails plans to fix damaged Damascus water source. Reuters.
- ^ Wadi Barada ceasefire goes into effect, amnesty for fighters as repair teams set to fix damaged water station. Syria Direct.
- ^ 'No calm' in Wadi Barada following collapse of second ceasefire. Syria Direct.
- ^ Syrian Peace Talks in Astana End with Support for Ceasefire, Further Talks in Geneva. The Astana Times.
Bibliography
- Grehan, James P. (2007). Everyday Life and Consumer Culture in Eighteenth-Century Damascus. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0295801636.
- ISBN 1-885942-41-9.
- Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.