Red Crescent Tankers Seen in Damascus as Water Crisis Continues

Planned repair works to a pump station near Damascus were interrupted by fighting on the weekend of January 14-15.

A mediator negotiating between the Syrian regime and rebels in the Barada Valley, the source of much of Damascus’s water, was shot and killed during the clashes.

As a result, water supplies in Damascus continued to be disrupted on January 16. This footage shows Red Crescent tankers in Damascus, which, a spokeswoman said, were “ready for water distribution”. Credit: Twitter/Ingy Sedky via Storyful