In a recent report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva, the United Nations Commission of Inquiry found that the Syrian military, not rebels, was responsible for severing water supplies that affected 5.5. million people in and around the city of Damascus. The Syrian Air Force carried out airstrikes for several weeks starting in December which severely damaged water supplies and further escalated the humanitarian crisis.
The commission called the bombings a war crime and reiterated other accounts of human rights violations being carried out by the Syrian government in their report, including deliberate attacks on children and medical personnel. The report condemned the international community for its failure to address the gross violations of human rights and laws occurring in Syria.