Queiq

The Queiq[1] (Modern Standard Arabic: قُوَيْقٌ, Quwayq, [quˈwajq]; northern Syrian Arabic: ʾWēʾ, [ʔwɛːʔ]), with many variant spellings,[5] it was known to the Greeks in antiquity as the Belus in (Ancient Greek: Βήλος, Bēlos),[3] the Chalos and also known in English as the Aleppo River is an endorheic river and valley of the Aleppo Governorate, Syria and Turkey.

[8] To revive the river and build irrigation, the Tal Hasel Water Pumping Station was opened in 2008 in rural Aleppo.

[9] The station was restored and made operational again in July 2022, after "it went out of service in 2012 after the occupation of the area by terrorist organizations, which completely destroyed the plant.

"[9] In late January 2013 during the Syrian civil war over 100 dead bodies were shored up from or floating in the river in rebel-held parts of Bustan al-Qasr district, Aleppo.

The blame for murders was widely put on Bashar al-Assad's regime as the bodies usually came downstream from the government controlled area.