yahya ahmed has one of the toughest jobs in the city.urd and co—director of hasaka's water board. the water board tries to make sure that institutions like schools and hospitals and those most in need have water. head of laboratory osman gaddo has been testing water here for 20 years to make sure it is safe to drink. in recent years the city's population have relied upon groundwater from wells. some residents have brought in water samples from their wells for him to test. not so long ago these problems did not exist. this is the khabour river, filmed in the 1990s flowing through hasa ka. the rivers only flow for a limited time during the year. and extreme drought has been recorded for the last four yea rs. with the khabour no longer a reliable source of water, people have to look elsewhere. but the alouk wells were 65 kilometres from hasaka, in an area called ras al—ayn. water had to be piped in. then in 2019, rojava lost control of ras al—ayn when the turkish army launched an offensive on north—eastern syria. newsreader: around 60,000 p