Raqqa water supply reconnected after U.S. airstrikesFebruary 3, 2017 - 20:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The water supply to the Syrian city of Raqqa, a stronghold of the Islamic State (IS) group, has been reconnected after U.S. airstrikes caused a temporary cut, BBC News reports. The main pipeline was damaged when a bridge was hit, according to IS and anti-IS activists. Citizen journalist group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently confirmed, on Friday, February 3 that IS has mended the pipe. Syrian rebels backed by the U.S.-led coalition are trying to capture Raqqa. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently said the strikes had targeted local infrastructure. The U.S. is working with the Kurdish-led rebel group Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to try to defeat IS. In November, the coalition said it had begun an operation to capture Raqqa, which has been held by the jihadist group since January 2014. The U.S. announced, in December, that it was sending 200 more military personnel for the operation. A Kurdish official told Reuters news agency this week that the aim of the campaign was to seal off all roads to the city, including links with Deir al-Zour province, another IS stronghold. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |