Daesh Hinders Syrian Aleppo Water Supply - Russian FM
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Daesh [the Arabic acronym for the Takfiri ‘ISIS/ISIL' group] terrorists are hampering water supply to the Syrian city of Aleppo, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov told Sputnik.
On Tuesday, Lt. Gen. Sergei Rudskoy, the chief of the Russian General Staff Main Operational Directorate said that water supplies to the Syrian capital of Damascus from the Wadi Barada region have been restored almost fully as some 2,500 militants have laid down their arms.
"Western humanitarian society, using every opportunity to criticize Damascus, remained silent or has been attributing the accident at the water pumping station [in the Wadi Barada] to the result of Syrian Air Force bombing. By the way, the situation around Aleppo, where the ‘IS' [Daesh] militants are now preventing normal water supply, is mainly the same," Gatilov said.
On Monday, a Russian delegation comprising State Duma lawmakers Dmitry Sablin, Sergey Gavrilov and Alexander Yushchenko, as well as Russian medics, arrived in Syria with a working visit.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad held a meeting with the delegation members earlier this week. The lawmakers visited the city of Aleppo on Thursday.
Source: Sputnik, Edited by website team
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