Drinking water project launched in Kobane
Kobane Canton Municipalities Committee and Water Directorate will launch a project for supplying drinking water to the city.
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Water-shortage crisis escalates in Kobane
Turkey’s massive dam and hydropower construction has reportedly reduced water flows into northern Syria.
First cheese and dairy factory opened in Syria’s Derik
On Sunday, the Economic and Agriculture Board of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) opened the first cheese and dairy factory in the city of Derik, far northeast Syria.
Syrian Women’s Leadership in a Fractured State
A novel Middle East Women Leaders Index, published by the Middle East Women Initiative, ranked Syria relatively low in women’s representation and leadership in the public sector. The data used (primarily from the World bank and UNDP) for the index covered the status of women in the Syrian government and areas it controls. However, the situation in Syria today is far more complex, almost ten years into the conflict.
Harvest time for Firik: women collect Firik in Qamishlo
Firik is planted in the fall and grows over winter to be harvested in early summer. Some researchers say that Firik is a type of wheat and grows especially in the Euphrates basin. These days, Firik has been harvested and it will be one of the basic foods such as bulgur and rice. People serve Firik when they have special guests.
“Turkish occupation burns agricultural crops as it did last year”
Member of the Economic Authority in the Agricultural Affairs Department of Afrin Region, agronomist Basem Othman, said that the Turkish occupation state and its mercenaries deliberately targeted agricultural crops and burned them in al-Shahba, as they did last year.
Raqqa’s agricultural committee warns of disaster if Turkey continues seizing Euphrates water
A local official in the Autonomous Administration in Raqqa, northern Syria, warned that the low water level in the Euphrates River heralds a disaster that may affect the agricultural and livestock sectors in the region.
North East Syria: Displaced women from Afrin work together with women from Shahba during the harvest
With the arrival of the harvest season, displaced women from Afrin and women from Shahba in North East Syria have begun working in the fields together in a communal spirit.
She buys a bag of flour to make a living: She now makes bread for entire city
Iman Süleyman bought a bag of flour to make bread in Til Temir and now she has her own bakery. “Women can work in every field under all conditions. We can heal the wounds of war with solidarity,” she said. Peoples in Syria, particularly Kurdish people, lived under the pressure of the Ba’athist regime for
Creating a Desert and Calling it Peace: Turkey’s water war against Rojava
In the bible it is called the great river. The Euphrates fed the cradle of civilisation in ancient Mesopotamia. But, for Turkey, it is another weapon of war.
People begin to plant vegetables in Shaddadi
After inadequate rains throughout North and East Syria, people in Shaddadi have begun to plant vegetables in order to meet daily vegetable need.
Turkey deactivates 30 more water stations in Syria
Thirty more water stations have been deactivated in northeast Syria, as Turkey continues to cut off the water supply from the Euphrates River.
