smoke rise from the government forces shelling on Wadi Barada, northwest of Damascus, Syria. AP 
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Syria regime bombed Damascus water source, committed 'war crime': UN

The report meanwhile dismissed regime allegations that rebels had contaminated the water.

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GENEVA:  The Syrian government intentionally bombed the Ain al-Fijeh spring in December, leaving more than five million people in Damascus without access to water, a UN probe said Tuesday. 

"The information examined by the Commission confirms that the bombing of (the Ain al-Fijeh) spring was carried out by the Syrian Air Force," the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria said in a report, adding the attack constituted a "war crime".

The report meanwhile dismissed regime allegations that rebels had contaminated the water.

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