Western Asia

A bomb at a water station explodes prematurely, killing the two men placing the bomb.

A power station in Tarmiyah, Iraq is damaged by a fire, disabling a portion of Baghdad’s water distribution system.

A group of three Iraqi men are shot and killed while transporting water to a military base near Taji, Iraq.

Six employees of a water utility in Baghdad are found murdered inside a water treatment plant. The actual date of their deaths is not known.

Electric lines that provide power for water supply services in Baghdad, Iraq are shot down by a gunman, causing a disruption to water services. These same power lines had been recently fixed after suffering from a similar attack in the months prior.

A water pipeline in Baghdad is targeted by an explosive device placed nearby. However, the explosion does not damage the pipeline.

A group identified as the Islamic State is accused of cutting off the water flow to a village by diverting a river in Abu Karmah, Muqdadiyah, Diyala, Iraq.

A large amount of dynamite is discovered near a water pumping station near Moshav Ramon, prior to detonation. The detonation would have likely caused flooding and damage to agricultural land.

Over the course of a few days, militant groups in the Abkhazia region of Georgia attack and damage numerous water supply structures, leaving at least twelve villages without water. In addition, one person who is thought to be responsible for the placement of an explosive device on a water tower is killed when the device detonates.

Eleven communities in the Negev area of Israel are left without water after a main water line is attacked by an unknown group.