Water, power return to Syria's Aleppo after three-week cut

This article was published on 18 July 2015 on Reuters.

Mains water and electricity have returned to large parts of the Syrian city of Aleppo following a three-week cut. The water station manager called on the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) aid group to provide diesel for the water pump. A spokesman for the ICRC, which works with SARC, said the main water plant in Aleppo had been functioning since Friday evening in emergency mode, providing limited water supplies to both sides of the city. The ICRC and SARC are completing the water supply chain by water trucking in the areas not covered in a given day in addition to making sure all water points in the city are operational.

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