Hundreds of Syrians in the occupied Golan Heights have staged a protest march over concerns that a lake could dry up due to pumping by Israel's national water company.
These harrowing images, published by the BBC, highlight the very human suffering that plagues such water shortages in the region.
Dead fish on the shores of lake Ram
Protestors symbolically pour water into the lake |
They say that by the time 18-month-old Kaisar Fakher al-Din grows up, the lake could have all but disappeared, causing irreparable harm to the local environment.
Pictures by Raya al-Deen
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