UNICEF condemns attack on water plant

DAMASCUS: An air strike on a water treatment plant in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo last Thursday (November 26) cut water supplies to some 3.5 million people, and while pumping has been partly restored, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is warning that 1.4 million still have reduced supply.

“In Syria, the rules of war, including those meant to protect vital civilian infrastructure, continue to be broken on a daily basis. The air-strike which reportedly hit al-Khafseh water treatment plant in...Aleppo last Thursday is a particularly alarming example,” said UNICEF Representative in Syria, Hanaa Singer in a statement.