#syria : Water shortage hits #Aleppo
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A Syrian boy pushes a cart with jerrycans filled with water in Aleppo on May 8, 2014 as residents of the northern city suffer constant water shortages due to the three-year-long conflict. (Photo: Baraa al-Halabi) A Syrian boy pushes a cart with jerrycans filled with water in Aleppo on May 8, 2014 as residents of the northern city suffer constant water shortages due to the three-year-long conflict. (Photo: Baraa al-Halabi)
Residents of Aleppo have not suffered from a water shortage since 1776, when they sang the popular Aleppan song “Quench the Thirsty.” But thirst is hitting Aleppo today amid signs of a looming humanitarian disaster.
Basel Dayoub
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