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Damascus water crisis continues for 10th day

Tuesday, 03 January 2017 9:34 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 03 January 2017 9:34 PM ]

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Zahra al-Derzi

Press TV, Damascus

Residents of the Syrian capital Damascus have been facing a shortage of clean drinking water for the past 10 days. The shortage has been blamed on foreign-backed militants. The armed groups have been accused of contaminating the city’s major water reservoirs. The Syrian army is now pressing ahead with an offensive to retake a strategic area which holds the reservoirs while the government is seeking to find alternative water resources.

More details from Damascus in the following report by Press TV's Zahraa al-Derzi.

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