Syrian Army's anti-terrorist operation near Damascus Aimed at Restoring Water Supply
In the Wadi Barada area to the west of Damascus the Syrian army has resumed its anti-terrorist operation. Government troops and militias have captured four settlements in the area and established control over strategic heights of Dahr Al-Masabi. The Syrian forces are carrying out an offensive in Kfar Zeit, the stronghold of Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (formerly known as the terrorist group, the Al-Nusra Front).
This information is being reported by TASS news agency.
The operation in the Wadi Barada area is aimed at restoring water supply to the Syrian capital. After the December 24 sabotage act committed by extremists from the Jabhat Fath ash-Sham group (formerly, the Al Nusra Front, a terrorist organization, outlawed in Russia), Damascus was deprived of 80% of water resources.
Syria’s Foreign Ministry in a statement, that was sent to the UN Security Council last week, emphasized that the terrorists blew up the main source of water and also contaminated it with diesel fuel. "Over 7 million citizens of Damascus, including children and women, suffer from dire shortage of water now."
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