Both sides in Syria’s bloody civil war engaged in numerous war crimes over the last several years according to a report expected to be presented to the U.N. Human Rights Council Monday, the New York Times reports:
Bolstered by arms and money from regional and global powers waging a proxy war, Syria’s government and rebel forces have committed murder, torture, rape and indiscriminate attacks on civilians on a huge scale, believing they can win a military victory and without fear of future punishment, the four-person Commission of Inquiry said in a report they will present to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday..
“Relentless shelling has killed thousands of civilians and displaced the populations of entire towns,” the panel said. “Massacres and other unlawful killings are perpetrated with impunityAn untold number of men, children and women have disappeared. Many have died in detention.” The perpetrators on both sides “do not fear accountability. Referral to justice is imperative,” they added.
