The Energy Council of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria announced that 2 million people were left without electricity due to the attacks of the occupying Turkish state in the last three days.
The occupying Turkish state targeted power, water, oil and gas facilities in the region in its latest wave of attacks against North-East Syria that started on 12 January. The Turkish attacks on civilian infrastructure, as well as the houses of the local people, led to heavy victimisation in winter conditions.
According to information provided by the Energy Council of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, the Siwêdiya Station in Derik, which meets the electricity and gas needs of the Cizîrê Canton, was completely left out of service. Similarly, 7 power stations in Cizîr and Euphrates cantons also went out of service.
Ziyad Rustem, Co-Chair of the Autonomous Administration Energy Office, informed ANHA that the power stations in Tirbespiyê, Qamişlo, Amûdê, Dirbêsiyê, Ain Issa, Kobanê and Til Temir were left out of service as a result of the latest attacks.
According to Rustem, power supply has been interrupted in all of Dêrik, 70 percent of Qamişlo, Çilaxa, Til Koçer, Tirbespiyê, Til Hemîs, Amûde, Dirbêsiyê and Til Temir districts in the Cizîr Canton, Ain Issa district in the Euphrates Canton and hundreds of villages.
Ziyad Rustem stated that approximately 2 million people in the mentioned cities and districts and more than 800 villages were left without electricity.
The occupying Turkish state had also bombed the power, water, oil and gas stations in the region in October and December 2023, depriving millions of people of vital services.
According to local sources, 56 areas were attacked by Turkish warplanes and UCAVs in the last 48 hours. In these attacks, 6 citizens, including 2 children aged 3 and 4 and a journalist, were wounded, and 5 Syrian soldiers were killed.
