Water and food supplies are cut off during Arab siege of Jerusalem from December 1, 1947 to July 10, 1948. Arab forces block the road to Jerusalem, in an attempt to defeat Jewish Jerusalem. Shortages cause Israelis to begin rationing water on May 12, limiting each person to 2 gallons per day (8 L), of which 4 pints (2 L) are for drinking.
A remotely detonated explosive on a road used for delivering supplies to the Silvan Dam construction site kills one civilian, a child. The bomb is thought to be planted by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and targeted at military vehicles.
Lethal concentrations of potassium cyanide are reported discovered in the water tanks of a Turkish Air Force compound in Istanbul. The Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) claims credit.
An explosives-laden truck disguised as a water delivery vehicle destroys a barracks in a US military compound, killing more than 300 people. The attack is blamed on Hezbollah with the support of the Iranian government.
During the Syrian Civil War, the major pipeline delivering water to the city of Aleppo is badly damaged. The city of three million suffers severe shortages of drinking water.
After Russia annexes Crimea from the Ukraine, they accuse the Ukraine of cutting off the water supply in the North Crimea Canal, leading to a water shortage for Crimea’s agricultural fields growing grapes, rice, maize, and soya. The canal delivers water from the Dnieper River in southern Ukraine and accounts for 80% of Crimea’s water supply. The Ukraine government denies any political motive for the cut in supply, describing the reduced flow as a temporary result of building a flow…
A U.S.-led coalition launches a series of air strikes against targets of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in areas around Mosul Dam, Fallujah Dam, and Haditha Dam in Iraq. U.S. aircraft destroy an ISIL-built earthen berm near the Fallujah Dam. This berm was built by ISIL to control downstream water supplies and to increase the flow of the Euphrates River into Abu Ghraib canals, flooding local Shiite neighborhoods in east Fallujah and forcing the locals to…
Israelis from nearby settlements attack Qasra, a West Bank village of 6,000, destroying crops and a water well. Attackers previously burned down a mosque and damaged hundreds of olive trees.
The water supply for the Syrian city of Aleppo is cut off in both regime and opposition-controlled areas. The city’s water pumping stations are bombed, reportedly by the government, as are water distribution networks in opposition-controlled areas. In return, the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs blames opposition forces for the water crisis.
Two people are injured when a bomb explodes near the center of the city Tuz Khurmatu at the town’s water project.