The Guardian The country was also blamed for indiscriminate attacks in civilian areas without ‘a specific military objective’ Julian Borger in Washington Mon 2 Mar 2020 Russian Air Force was also found responsible for the bombing of a compound for displaced civilians which killed 20 people, including eight women and six children. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty […]
The sarin gas attack is just one Syrian atrocity the ICC should pursue
Mourners gather around coffins and victims killed in the bombardment of Homs, Syria, in early 2012. Photograph: Local Co-ordination Committees in Syria/AP As graphic images of adults and children writhing in pain began to emerge from Syria the morning of 21 August, it quickly became clear that an act of bloodless but savage brutality had stolen hundreds […]
Officials: U.S. won’t seek U.N. approval for strike if Syria reneges on chemical-arms pact
GENEVA — The Obama administration will not press for U.N. authorization to use force against Syria if it reneges on any agreement to give up its chemical weapons, senior administration officials said Friday. The Russians have made clear in talks here between Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Secretary of State John F. Kerry that the […]