Thread by @RojavaIC

A report released 3.11 by the Dutch peace NGO 'PAX' has highlighted the construction of 3 dams along the Khabour River by Turkish-backed SNA groups between late May and early June 2021.

The 3 dams were constructed south of Turkish-occupied Sere Kaniye, near Tel Tamir.

According to the report, 53.7% of the Khabour's water flow between Turkey and Hesekeh city was halted by the 3 dams, leaving over 84 towns and villages that depend on the river for sustenance & agriculture without access to water.

Together with low rainfall in the Spring of 2021 and deliberate efforts by the Turkish government to drastically decrease water flow into NES, the water levels in Syria have seen a 70% decrease.

The PAX report condemns the "deliberate building" of these dams as "methods of warfare [which constitute a] violation of the rules of international law," including the Geneva Conventions, and called upon Turkey, as a key responsible party, to stop such violations.

Though the 3 dams disappeared after this year's harvest was completed in October, it is more than likely improvised dams like these will be employed as a weapon of war by the Turkish occupation in the coming years.

Read PAX's full report here: paxforpeace.nl/news/blogs/kil…