One person is killed when police are sent to halt “illegal” water pumps Kazeroon, Iran, used by farmers and other villagers to access water.
Protests over lack of drinking water supplies in Khorramshahr, Iran begin in front of government buildings. Social media posts of these protests include sounds of shots and cries and show security forces shooting at protesters. Only one protester is reported injured.
Water systems used to transfer water from Isfahan to the neighboring province of Yazd are damaged multiple times by farmers protesting the loss of the water supply. Farmers blame the Iranian government for the lack of water in their region. Reports from social media show police officers attacking farmers associated with the destroyed pipes.
Pro-Houthi forces reportedly fire mortar shells near the city of Hays in the south of Hodeidah Governorate, western Yemen. Several houses and a water tanker are severely damaged by shrapnel. At least one civilian is injured in the shelling.
On January 5th, pro-Houthi forces shell a mosque and a water well in the Al Jabaliyah area of At Tuhayat district, Yemen, causing material damages. No injuries nor fatalities are reported.
A water station in Basida, Idlib Governorate, Syria, serving 80,000 people is damaged by ongoing violence.
A homemade bomb explodes at a spring, killing an Israeli teenager and injuring her father and brother. Springs in the occupied West Bank area have become hotspots for conflict between Israeli and Palestinian citizens who both visit during the summer while seeking to cool off from the heat.
From January through July 2019 violence in northwest Syria leaves civilian infrastructure damaged and destroyed including at least 29 water stations serving approximately 610,000 people.
Water infrastructure are attacked, along with health centers and hospitals, in an offensive by Turkey in the Afrin and Tal Rifaat districts in Syria.
The Afrin Dam, a major dam and water source on the Afrin River in Syria, is captured by Turkish forces and their Syrian militia allies, causing concern for the nearby communities that depend on the dam for water. These same forces are also in control of nearby Maydanki dam. Interruptions to water and electricity in communities dependent on these dams have occurred, along with reports of attacks on civilian centers and populations.