Syria: A Dam in Syria Was on a ‘No-Strike’ List. The US Bombed It Anyway.

Jan 20, 2022 | Dave Philipps, Azmat Khan, and Eric Schmitt, New York Times
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The Tabqa Dam was a strategic linchpin and the Islamic State controlled it. The explosions on March 26, 2017, knocked dam workers to the ground and everything went dark. Witnesses say one bomb punched down five floors. A fire spread, and crucial equipment failed. The mighty flow of the Euphrates River suddenly had no way through, the reservoir began to rise, and local authorities used loudspeakers to warn people downstream to flee.