A great disaster threatens the eastern region in Syria as well as Iraq in case shelling the Euphrates Dam by Al Assad forces' warplanes continues. The lives of thousands are threatened and villages and cities will drawn in case the dam collapses.
The Euphrates Dam is in Al Tabaqa city, 55 kms far from Al Raqqah, 185 kms far from Der Al Zour and 375 kms far from the Iraqi borders. The area around the Euphrates Dam and the Ba'ath Regulatory Dam, which is 30 kms to the east towards Al Mansoura, has been subjected to shelling by Scud missiles whose destruction range is 2.5 kms, and destabilizes the soil on an area that exceeds 2 kms. Uncertain information about cracks and destabilization in the dam's bodies has been received, warning of a great disaster in case one of them collapses, with catastrophic impact on the Syrian lives on the whole Syrian lands. The direct impact area extends along the Euphrates from Al Tabaqa to the Iraqi borders (52680 sqms), almost one third of Syria's area, and is home for 3 million Syrians.
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