Children play in the town of Azaz, near the Syrian-Turkish border, March 2014. Syrian refugees in this border outpost were delighted to hear their home town of Azaz had been liberated from al-Qaida fighters who subjected them to a brutal regime.
UN: Atrocities In Syria Escalate, Victims' Voices Go Unheard -- Voice of America
GENEVA - U.N. investigators say there is evidence of brutal crimes being committed in Syria by all warring factions. In its latest report to the U.N. Human Rights Council, the U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Syria documents gross violations and mass atrocities perpetrated by the militant Islamic State, other armed groups and government forces against civilians.
In presenting the report, Commission of Inquiry Chairman Paulo Pinheiro cannot disguise his despair over the worsening war and massive atrocities taking place in Syria. He said he is particularly upset at the escalating scope and brutality of crimes being committed deliberately against the civilian population by all warring factions.
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More News On The United Nations Report That Outlines How Atrocities Are Escalating In Syria
UN Panel Emphasizes Assad Role in Syria War Crimes -- ABC News/AP
U.N. investigators cite atrocities in Syria. -- NYT
U.N. investigators catalog war atrocities in Syria -- UPI
Syria's Assad responsible for majority of civilian casualties: UN official -- Middle East Eye
WNU Editor: The UN report is here.
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