Water Conflicts – Page 60

U.S.-led coalition launches airstrikes to protect dams from ISIS

January 28, 2022

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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…

Over 1000 killed in Nigeria over access to land and water

January 28, 2022

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Violence between farmers and herders kills over 1,000 people in 2014 in Nigeria alone, according to Human Rights Watch. At the root of this violence is the issue of access to land and water resources.

Riots over erratic water supply in Kitwe

January 28, 2022

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Kitwe’s Wusakile and Chamboli townships experience riots over erratic water supply. Residents engage police in skirmishes and eight people are arrested.

Attack on water construction project in Iraq

January 28, 2022

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

Bombing injures two at water project in Iraq

January 28, 2022

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

Islamic State uses Falluja Dam as a weapon

January 28, 2022

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Islamic State closes the Fallujah Dam floodgates and diverts water over an irrigation channel into a side valley, inundating land up to 100km away and placing parts of the city of Abu Ghraib under up to four meters of water. More than 10,000 houses and 200 square kilometers of farmland are flooded and extensive livestock killed. Water for millions of people in the cities of Karbala, Najaf, and Babil is cut off for a time.

Multiple water projects are attacked in Iraq

January 28, 2022

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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.

Islamic State blocks access to water

January 28, 2022

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In Iraq, Islamic State blocks access to water in the predominantly Christian town of Qaraqosh (also known as Bakhdida), take over farms and agricultural land, and expel most of the 50,000 residents.

Water purification plant in Fallujah attacked

January 28, 2022

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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.

Water well attacked in Pakistan

January 28, 2022

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Two schools and a solar-powered tube well are destroyed in a blast attributed to militants in the Mohmand Agency. No injuries are reported.