"These are inhumane conditions": in the Syrian city of Manbij, deprived of electricity, attacks are increasing

Amidst the ballet of cars that animates the crossroads in the center of Manbij , Ahmad al-Hamoud is busy, alongside his team, around an electricity pylon. " Karaba, karaba " (" electricity "), a resident stuck in traffic calls out to him from his dusty pick-up truck. " Insh'Allah ," replies the thirty-year-old, a volunteer with the Back to Life association, raising his head towards the electric cables running above him. He sighs.

For two and a half months, the city in northwestern Syria , retaken from the Kurdish-dominated coalition of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) by the rebels of the Syrian National Army (SNA) on December 9, has been without electricity. The areas under the control of the transitional government can boast of four hours of electricity per day, distributed around the clock. Here, all supply has been cut off, and the blackout is only prevented by generators…