Western Asia

Farmers returning to their land in northwestern Iraq after the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) find widespread devastation to agricultural land, livestock, and machinery, including water pumps, wells, pipes and generators. One assessment by the Iraq Food and Security Cluster Partnership notes that of the 450 deep wells, only 50 are still useable. Another assessment by Amnesty International details the destruction of wells on the properties of more than 30 different farmers from across the country.

Israeli warplanes hit water supply wells, pipelines, and wastewater treatment plants servicing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza region. Palestinian officials state that the attacks intentionally targeted the infrastructure, mounting a a war crime under the Geneva Protocol.

Shots are fired at a checkpoint for an Iranian company working on a water project south of Kirkuk, Iraq.

Two people are injured when a bomb explodes near the center of the city Tuz Khurmatu at the town’s water project.

In less than a week, several water projects are the targets of explosives, killing six employees of one of the water projects and damaging the infrastructure in Al-Shirqat District, Saladin Governorate, and Mushirfah, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq.

At least two people die from a blast at a water purification plant in the city of Fallujah, in Al Anbar Province. More than 20 people are hospitalized from chlorine poisoning from the destruction of a water-purification chemical storage facility.

Reports from a military spokesperson from Iraq say secuirty forces fought off militant groups trying to sieze Haditha and a nearby dam on the Euphrates River. 40 militants are killed by the security forces.