Syrian Government aircraft bombed a rebel-held district that is the capital’s main water source on Friday as the rival sides traded blame over a cut to mains supplies, a monitor said. Damascus has been without water from Wadi Barada, a once popular hill station northwest of the capital, since December 22, leaving some 5.5 million people thirsty.
The United Nations warned on Thursday that sabotaging water supplies is a war crime. Government aircraft dropped at least 10 barrel bombs, crude munitions notorious for the indiscriminate casualties they cause, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. A child was killed as clashes resumed in the area between pro-Government forces and rebel fighters led by the jihadist Fateh al-Sham Front. AFP