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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 427

Euphrates River

A woman suffering from cholera receives treatment at the Al-Kasrah hospital in Syria's eastern province of Deir Ezzor, on 17, 2022 (Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)
September 22, 2022, 9:57 am
‘We drink it anyway’: War-torn Syria’s water woes peak with cholera outbreak
Dozens have died within weeks and cases mount into the hundreds; contaminated Euphrates river, a vital source for five million people, is a major source of bacteria
By Delil Souleiman
This photo released on Monday, Sept 4, 2017 by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrian troops and pro-government gunmen standing on pickup trucks with heavy machine-guns mounted on them, in the eastern city of Deir el-Zour, Syria. (SANA via AP)
February 8, 2018, 9:41 pm
Syria says rare US strike an effort ‘to support terrorism’
Coalition official says Russian military was informed of threat, agreed to not engage Western-backed force
By Sarah El Deeb
Illustrative: A Syrian military helicopter flys over the outskirts of the eastern city of Deir Ezzor, September 10, 2017. (AFP/George Ourfalian)
September 11, 2017, 10:38 am
Russian strikes kill 34 civilians on Syrian river ferry boats, monitor says
Warplanes said to target dozens of vessels carrying passengers across the Syrian section of the Euphrates River
By AFP
Russian fighter jets on the tarmac at the Russian Hmeimim military base in Latakia province, in the northwest of Syria, February 16, 2016. (AFP/Stringer)
June 19, 2017, 3:53 pm
Russia threatens to shoot down US-led coalition jets over Syria
After Americans down Syrian plane, Moscow suspends coordination with Washington aimed at preventing clashes in the air
By Agencies
A Turkish tank stationed near the Syrian border, in Karkamis, Turkey, August 29, 2016. (Ismail Coskun/IHA via AP)
August 31, 2016, 6:55 pm
Turkey vows to keep attacking US-backed Syrian Kurd forces
Ankara’s minister of European Union affairs rejects reaching agreement with Kurdish ‘terror’ organizations
By CINAR KIPER
Turkish Army tanks driving to the Syrian Turkish border town of Jarabulus, August 25, 2016. (AFP/BULENT KILIC)
August 29, 2016, 4:21 pm
US alarmed as Turkey warns Syrian Kurd militia of more strikes
American envoy for coalition against Islamic State says fighting is ‘unacceptable,’ calls on sides to ‘deconflict ‘
By Stuart Williams
Kurdish fighters belonging to the local police force -- the Asayesh -- and the People's Protection Units (YPG) stand in front of a building covered in bullet holes in the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakeh on August 23, 2016, after they agreed to a truce with regime forces. (Delil Souleriman/AFP)
August 29, 2016, 1:34 pm
Turkey accuses Syrian Kurds of ‘ethnic cleansing’
Ankara says it will continue targeting Kurdish militia if group doesn’t retreat past Euphrates River
By AFP
Turkish Army tanks driving to the Syrian Turkish border town of Jarabulus, August 25, 2016. (AFP/BULENT KILIC)
August 25, 2016, 3:27 pm
Syrian Kurds rebuff retreat demand as Turkey threatens to intervene
US-backed YPG forces vow to remain west of Euphrates River in defiance of Washington and Ankara, setting up possible confrontation
By AFP and ToI Staff
Iraqi security forces and paramilitaries deploy during an operation aimed at cutting off Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Anbar province before a major offensive to retake the city of Ramadi, May 26, 2015. (AFP/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
June 3, 2015, 6:11 pm
Iraqi officials fear Islamic State ‘water war’
Jihadists close gates of Ramadi city dam, drying Euphrates river and cutting supplies to strategic communities
By AFP
A Syrian policeman stands above the sanctuary of Baal in the ancient oasis city of Palmyra on March 14, 2014. (Joseph Eid/AFP)
May 16, 2015, 8:04 pm
IS seizes part of ancient Palmyra, ‘pearl of the desert’
Extremist group steps up attacks in Syria, Iraq, raising fears that jihadists will expand their area of influence
By AFP
A statue of former Syrian president Hafez Assad is pulled down in a central square in Raqqa, Monday. (photo credit: Ugarit News/AP)
March 5, 2013, 7:56 pm
Syrian planes pound opposition forces in Raqqa
Rebels capture high-ranking regime official
Illustrative photo of a Syrian rebel sitting behind an anti-aircraft weapon, February 8, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Abdullah al-Yassin)
February 11, 2013, 2:29 pm
Syrian rebels capture major dam
Rebels led by al-Qaeda-linked group Jabhat al-Nusra now control much of water flow in country’s north and east
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