Turkey Is Turning Off Syria's Water During a Pandemic

Angry Planet

Matthew Gault

War, Politics, Conflict, Government, History, News

4.3 • 882 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

War is about logistics. “An army marches on its stomach,” the idiom goes. Well, a populace can’t survive without water. One water station in Northeast Syria is the heart of a growing conflict between Turkish backed rebels and the local Kurdish population. As war rages in Syria and the COVID-19 pandemic begins, water is more important than ever.

Here to help us figure that out is Kimberly Westenhiser. Westenhiser is a journalist, photographer and artist. Her work has appeared at The Seattle Globalist, Foreign Policy, War Is Boring and Playboy. Her story on Turkey and Rojava’s water supply appeared on Popular Front.

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0:38.6	They haul their soldiers around and what's like livestock trucks which is, I, kind of paints a pretty morbid image. You're listening to War College, a weekly podcast that brings you the stories from behind the front lines.
0:39.6	Here are your hosts. Hello, welcome to War College. I am your host Matthew Gold. War is about
0:59.6	logistics. An army marches on its stomach, the idiom goes.
1:03.0	Well, a populace can't survive without water.
1:06.0	One water station in northeast Syria is the heart of a growing conflict between Turkish-backed rebels
1:11.0	and the local Kurdish population.
1:13.4	As war rages in Syria and the COVID-19 pandemic begins there,
1:17.8	water is more important than ever.
1:19.9	Here to help us figure out what is going on is Kimberly Westenheiser.
1:23.8	Westenheiser is a journalist, photographer, and artist.
1:26.4	Her work has appeared in the Seattle Globalist, Foreign Policy, Wars Boring, and Playboy.
1:31.6	Her story on Turkey and Rojava's water supply appeared on Popular Front.
1:36.8	Kim, thank you so much for joining us.
1:39.6	Happy to be here. So I know you are one of the first to report on this but I'm really
1:44.8	glad we're talking today because I feel like in the last 24 48 hours I have seen
1:49.2	versions of it popping up everywhere in my feed.
1:53.3	Yeah, so with the COVID-19 pandemic,
1:58.5	it suddenly gained a new relevance
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