With the occupation of Al-Mantara Dam, the most vital water resource in southern Syria, nearly 40 percent of Syrian water resources are now under the illegal control of Israel.

Located just a few hundred meters east of Quneitra, some 50 kilometers southwest of the Syrian capital, Al-Mantara Dam sits within the buffer zone established on the Golan Heights in 1979.

This vital water reservoir has for long sustained not only Quneitra province, where the occupied Holan Heights is located, but also the broader arid southern region of Syria.

With the occupation of Al-Mantara Dam, the most significant dam in southern Syria, experts say nearly 40 percent of Syria’s water resources are now under the illegal control of the Israeli regime.

Before Al-Mantara, they occupied five other key sites that supply water to Syria from neighbors.