Syria Calls for International Pressure on Turkey Over Water Cut-Offs � Reports
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 15th July, 2021) OSCOW, July 15 (Sputnik) � Speaker of the Syrian parliament Hammoudah Sabbagh has sent 48 letters to the UN secretary-general, high commissioner for human rights and Arab parliamentary organizations so that they will condemn Turkey over water cut-offs in the northeastern Syrian province of al-Hasakah, Syrian media reported.
According to the SANA news agency, Damascus wants the international community to seek immediate restoration of water supplies by Turkey.
Some 1 million people are currently suffering from water shortages in al-Hasakah.
Earlier this month, the Russian president's special envoy for Syria, Alexander Lavrentyev, expressed hope that Turkey would restore the volumes of water released to the Euphrates in the near future.