自 2016 年 12 月 29 日以来，叙利亚政权及其盟友公然违反当时在理论上已然生效的停火，在 399 次违反停火行动中，至少造成 271 人死亡。最严重的违反停火行为是该政权和伊朗支持的民兵对大马士革以西瓦迪巴拉达居民发动的一连串无情袭击，而且在停火生效之后，袭击强度有所加剧。特别是，该政权空军对 Ayn al-Fijah 泉和 Basimah、Kafr Zayt 和 Husayniyah 等村庄进行了连日不断的不人道无情轰炸，包括使用桶装炸弹――其性质就是滥炸――公然违反了公认的国际人道主义法。我们还担心的是，该政权及其盟友将继续其长期以来的既定做法，即蓄意打击该地区的重要基础设施。我们特别感到震惊的是，有报告称，叙利亚政权部队于 2017 年 1 月 5 日星期四，向瓦迪巴拉达 Basimah 村发射了四枚携带毒氯气的火箭，公然违反了叙利亚政权作为《化学武器公约》签字国的义务。
Since 29 December 2016, in flagrant violation of the ceasefire that theoretically went into effect at that time, the regime and its allies have committed more than 399 violations that have resulted in at least 271 deaths. The worst of those violations have been committed against the inhabitants of Wadi Barada west of Damascus, whom the regime and Iranian-supported militias have subjected to a merciless barrage of attacks that have actually increased in intensity since the supposed entry into force of the ceasefire. In particular, the regime’s air force has subjected Ayn al-Fijah spring and the villages of Basimah, Kafr Zayt and Husayniyah to unrelenting and inhumane daily bombardment that includes barrel bombs — which are by their very nature indiscriminate — in a shameless violation of well-established international humanitarian law. We also fear that the regime and its allies will continue their long-established practice of deliberately targeting the region’s vital infrastructure. We are especially horrified by reports that regime forces fired four rockets containing toxic chlorine gas at the village of Basimah in Wadi Barada on Thursday, 5 January 2017, in flagrant violation of the Syrian regime’s obligations as a signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention.