BEIRUT, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – 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 Fateh al-Sham Front.