Main water tank is damaged in Yemen
In Hayfan District, Taizz, a communities main water tank is damaged in the ongoing conflict in Yemen.
In Hayfan District, Taizz, a communities main water tank is damaged in the ongoing conflict in Yemen.
In Nihm District, Sanaa, a water well is damaged by an air raid in the ongoing conflict in Yemen.
Air raids damage two desalination plants in Al Mokha and At Ta’iziyah Districts, Taizz, Yemen.
Several water pumps are hit during two air raids in Baqim District, Sa’ada, Yemen.
Five air raids leave wells damaged in Sirwah District, Marib, Yemen.
The Soqam dam in Sirwah District, Marib, Yemen, is damaged during air raids.
A water tank is hit by air raids in Al-Sab’ein District, Capital, Yemen.
Islamic State fighters cut electricity to pumping stations and destroy a pipeline that provides water for eastern Mosul, Iraq, leaving more than half a million people without water. The group has intentionally cut off water supplies to various neighborhoods, according to a Mosul City Council official responsible for supervising the city’s water and energy services.
Control over power and water infrastructure and intentional attacks on that infrastructure are being used as weapons in the civil war in Syria. Officials estimate there has been a 50 percent reduction in access to safe water in the country since the war began.
Islamic State (IS) militants attack the Tishrin Dam on the Euphrates River in Syria. The attack is repelled with airstrikes. The following day a similar attack occurs during which at least 14 IS militants are killed.