(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian activists said the capital's main drinking water supply, al-Fija spring, may dry as regime forces step up its major offensive on Wadi Barada valley northwest northwest Damascus.
The village of Eyn al-Fija was hit by 50 barrel bombs and more than 200 mortar shells, activist Mohamed al-Bardawi told Zaman al-Wasl.
Activists and residents warn of human catastrophe if bombing continues. al-Bardawi said third of the water storage had been lost in the ground.
The Damascus water authority claimed Friday that it had been forced to cut water supplies coming into the capital and use reserves instead after rebels polluted the water with diesel.
The heavy aerial bombing on an array of villages in a mountainous area near the Lebanese border seeks new forced displacement, local activists said as regime forces aim to have a rebel-free zone around the capital.
The regime controls much of the surrounding territory and on Friday carried out aerial attacks and shelled the rebel-held area, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
A military news outlet run by Syrian regime ally Hezbollah said the rebels in the Wadi Barada valley had refused to leave the area and as a result the Syrian Arab Army began an offensive against them on Friday morning.
Through a series of so-called settlement agreements and army offensives, the Syrian regime, backed by Russian air power and Iran-backed militias, has been steadily suppressing armed opposition around the capital. (With Reuters)
The village of Eyn al-Fija was hit by 50 barrel bombs and more than 200 mortar shells, activist Mohamed al-Bardawi told Zaman al-Wasl.
Activists and residents warn of human catastrophe if bombing continues. al-Bardawi said third of the water storage had been lost in the ground.
The Damascus water authority claimed Friday that it had been forced to cut water supplies coming into the capital and use reserves instead after rebels polluted the water with diesel.
The heavy aerial bombing on an array of villages in a mountainous area near the Lebanese border seeks new forced displacement, local activists said as regime forces aim to have a rebel-free zone around the capital.
The regime controls much of the surrounding territory and on Friday carried out aerial attacks and shelled the rebel-held area, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
A military news outlet run by Syrian regime ally Hezbollah said the rebels in the Wadi Barada valley had refused to leave the area and as a result the Syrian Arab Army began an offensive against them on Friday morning.
Through a series of so-called settlement agreements and army offensives, the Syrian regime, backed by Russian air power and Iran-backed militias, has been steadily suppressing armed opposition around the capital. (With Reuters)
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