On 21/8/2013, the Eastern Ghouta was subjected to bombing with missiles containing poisonous gases. Within a couple of hours, 1300 people had died and approximately 2000 were suffering from various levels of suffocation. This attack came to be known as one of the worst massacres Syria had seen since the uprisings began in 2011. At […]
Member of International Commission of Inquiry on Syria Resigns
Carla Del Ponte, a member of the International Commission of Inquiry on Syria, has announced her resignation from the commission. She cited the lack of political support for the commission, as well as the fact that- as long as the security council did not act- the commission had absolutely no authority to make a move. […]