Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Labour and Co-operative Party), on Thursday, 10 September 2020, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 14 members in total.

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Weaponisation of water in Syria.

That this House is deeply concerned that Turkey has shut down the Alouk Water Station which supplies water to 460000 civilians in an area of North East Syria known as the Autonomous Administration of North East Syria (AANES); notes that Turkish forces took over the Alouk Water Station in October during its so called Peace Spring Operation and has shut it down on three occasions since causing immense suffering; is seriously concerned about the fate of the local civilian population, the displaced people from other parts of Syria and the inmates of camps holding the families of ISIS prisoners from around the world; further notes that water supply should not be subject to political and military strategy; and calls on the Foreign Secretary to intervene with his Turkish counterpart as a matter of urgency in order to avert a large scale humanitarian disaster.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

874 

Session

2019-21

Other sponsors

John McDonnell

Lord Spellar

Philippa Whitford

Claudia Webbe

Mick Whitley

Subjects

Armed conflict Water supply Turkey Syria

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk