Wadi Barada Evacuations Begin as Syrian Forces Retake Vital Water Source

After weeks of heavy fighting, rebel fighters began evacuating Wadi Barada, a valley in Damascus province that supplies most of the capital’s water, after a deal was struck with the Syrian government on January 28, local media said. The deal allowed fighters and their families to evacuate the town to Idlib city in northern Syria. Engineers entered the Ein al-Fijeh Springs in the valley to repair damaged water pumps that caused water shortages in Damascus for over five weeks, the UK-based Syrian Observator

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