Moon of Alabama (US)
The blockade of water from Wadi Barada to 5 million people in
Damascus is taking an interesting turn. The U.S. and UK financed White
Helmet organization seems to be directly involved in it. This increases
the suspicion that the illegal blockade of water to civilians in
Damascus is part of a organized campaign under U.S. command. The
campaign is designed to block utilities to government held areas as
revenge for the liberation of east Aleppo.


As we described it yesterday:

After the eastern part of the city of Aleppo was liberated
by Syrian government forces, the local rebels and inhabitants in the
Barada river valley were willing to reconcile with the Syrian
government. But the al-Qaeda Takfiris disagreed and took over. The area
is since under full al-Qaeda control and thereby outside of the recent
ceasefire agreement.
On December 22 the water supply to Damascus was suddenly contaminated
with diesel fuel and no longer consumable. A day later Syrian
government forces started an operation to regain the area and to
reconstitute the water supplies.
Photos and a video on social media (since inaccessible but I saw them
when they appeared) showed the water treatment facility rigged with
explosives. On Dec 27th the facility was blown up and partly destroyed.

The Syrian government is ready to send repair teams to rehabilitate
the water flow to the millions of civilians in Damascus. But access to
the site is denied and the Syrian army is now trying to push al-Qaeda
and its allies away from it.
Curiously some “civil” groups today offered access under several (not agreeable) conditions:

Hassan Ridha @sayed_ridha – 2:10 AM – 3 Jan 2017
Wadi Barada statement: we will let teams to fix water spring if
SAA-Hezb stop attack, siege lift & monitor ceasefire by intl
observers
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EHSANI2 @EHSANI22 – 6:43 AM – 3 Jan 2017
Offer by opposition to trade access to water source for #Damascus with halting of military operations by army
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Here is the attachment to both tweets. Note who signed it:

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Check the logos of the undersigning organizations You will probably
recognize the middle one in the second row. Here it is magnified.

And here is the original of that logo taken directly from the website of the Syrian Civil Defense organization aka The White Helmets:

The organizations who make an offer to lift the water blockade of
Damascus obviously think they have the power to do so. They then must
also be held responsible for keeping the blockade up. They must also
have intimate relations with the al-Qaeda fighters who currently occupy
the damaged water facilities.
The U.S. and UK government created and paid White Helmets
are “impartially”, “neutrally” and “for all Syrians” blocking the water
supply to 5 million Syrians in Damascus. U.S. military and CIA officers
run the “operations rooms” in Jordan and Turkey that direct the insurgency.
This increases suspicion that the blockade is part of an organized
response by the enemies of Syria to the recent liberation of
east-Aleppo. As noted yesterday:

This shut down is part of a wider, seemingly coordinated
strategy to deprive all government held areas of utility supplies. Two
days ago the Islamic State shut down a major water intake for Aleppo
from the Euphrates. High voltage electricity masts of lines feeding
Damascus have been destroyed and repair teams, unlike before, denied
access. Gas supplies to parts of Damascus are also cut.

Even after 14 days of water crisis in Damascus the “western” media
are not reporting about the al-Qaeda blockade of water for 5 million
Syrians. We can be sure that not a word will be written by them about
this illegal hostages taking of millions of civilians in Damascus by
their favorite propaganda organization White Helmets.