The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Oil spill | River in Al-Qahtaniyah (Tirbespi) polluted, and residents appeal to the Autonomous Administration to save their properties

Reliable sources have informed SOHR that oil has leaked to “Jarh” river in Al-Qahtaniyah town (Tirbespi) in the north-eastern countryside of Al-Hasakah, due to refinery work at oil wells along the river, exactly from Kayl Hasanat to Mazkaft Dam passing through the villages of Outiljah, Al-Rash and Mazkaft. It is worth noting that this oil spill is putting thousands of birds, trees and cattle along the river at risk, while the residents have appealed to the Autonomous Administration to move quickly and stop the oil spill, so that their land and cattle would not been harmed.