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Qatar Rejects Normalising Relations With Syria's "Criminal" Assad
Qatar's foreign minister ruled out the possibility of re-opening an embassy in Damascus, in line with some other Gulf countries, calling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad a war criminal
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Syria Chemical Attack Is War Crime: Human Rights Watch Chief
A suspected chemical attack on civilians in Syria is a war crime that bears the hallmarks of Bashar al-Assad's government, but its ally Russia shares potential criminal responsibility for its use, the head of Human Rights Watch said on Monday.
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Bashar al-Assad Will Be Judged As A War Criminal, Says France
French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Thursday that "a day will come when international justice will give its verdict on Bashar al-Assad who is massacring his people."
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EU Must Talk To War Criminals To End Syrian Crisis, Says France's Francois Fillon
Francois Fillon, the conservative candidate seen as most likely to win next year's French presidential election, said on Thursday that Western policy on Syria had failed and Europe had to talk to those responsible for war crimes to end the killing.
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Pursuing War Criminals In Syria Should Not Wait For War End: UN
United Nations human rights investigators on Syria said on Tuesday that preparing prosecutions against war criminals should not be delayed until the end of the conflict, now entering its sixth year.
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Syrian Insurgents "Mimicking Ruthlessness" of Army: Rights Group
Insurgent groups in Syria have carried out scores of indiscriminate attacks that have killed and maimed civilians in violation of the laws of war, a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report said today.
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Syria War Criminals Will Face Justice, UN Human Rights Chief Vows
Suspected war criminals in Syria will face justice for gross violations against civilians someday as the evidence against all sides grows, the UN human rights chief said on Thursday.
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World Has Abandoned Syria's People: UN Chief General Ban Ki-Moon
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the Security Council on Thursday to overcome divisions and take action to end the war in Syria as the conflict entered its fifth year with little prospect for peace.
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UN Investigators to Publish Names of Syrian War Crimes Suspects
United Nations war crimes investigators announced a radical change of strategy today, saying they would publish names of suspects involved in Syria's four-year war and push for new routes towards international justice.
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Syria War Death Toll Now More Than 200,000: Monitor
Syria's civil war has killed more than 200,000 people in less than four years, a monitoring group said today, adding that most were fighters from the two sides.
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Nazi Hunter Says Adolf Eichmann's Top Aide Presumed Dead in Syria
One of the world's most wanted war criminals, the reputed top lieutenant of Nazi mastermind Adolf Eichmann, is presumed to have died at least four years ago in Syria, where he lived under government protection, a leading Nazi hunter said on Monday.
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Russia, China Veto UN Move to Refer Syria to International Criminal Court
Russia and China have vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution referring the Syrian crisis to the International Criminal Court for investigation of possible war crimes.
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UN Vote on Syria Crisis Faces Russia Veto, Again
The UN Security Council faces a dramatic vote Thursday on referring the Syrian crisis to the International Criminal Court for investigation of possible war crimes, with dozens of countries signing on to embarrass Russia which vowed to kill the measure that demands a path to justice.
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58 Countries Urge United Nations to Refer Syria to International Criminal Court
Nearly 60 countries are denouncing the widespread impunity in Syria and urging the United Nations Security Council to refer the war to the International Criminal Court for investigation of possible crimes against humanity and war crimes.
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France Calls on United Nations to Refer Syrian War to International Criminal Court
France Monday asked the UN Security Council to refer the war in Syria to the International Criminal Court for review of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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Qatar Rejects Normalising Relations With Syria's "Criminal" Assad
Qatar's foreign minister ruled out the possibility of re-opening an embassy in Damascus, in line with some other Gulf countries, calling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad a war criminal
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Syria Chemical Attack Is War Crime: Human Rights Watch Chief
A suspected chemical attack on civilians in Syria is a war crime that bears the hallmarks of Bashar al-Assad's government, but its ally Russia shares potential criminal responsibility for its use, the head of Human Rights Watch said on Monday.
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Bashar al-Assad Will Be Judged As A War Criminal, Says France
French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Thursday that "a day will come when international justice will give its verdict on Bashar al-Assad who is massacring his people."
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EU Must Talk To War Criminals To End Syrian Crisis, Says France's Francois Fillon
Francois Fillon, the conservative candidate seen as most likely to win next year's French presidential election, said on Thursday that Western policy on Syria had failed and Europe had to talk to those responsible for war crimes to end the killing.
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Pursuing War Criminals In Syria Should Not Wait For War End: UN
United Nations human rights investigators on Syria said on Tuesday that preparing prosecutions against war criminals should not be delayed until the end of the conflict, now entering its sixth year.
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Syrian Insurgents "Mimicking Ruthlessness" of Army: Rights Group
Insurgent groups in Syria have carried out scores of indiscriminate attacks that have killed and maimed civilians in violation of the laws of war, a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report said today.
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Syria War Criminals Will Face Justice, UN Human Rights Chief Vows
Suspected war criminals in Syria will face justice for gross violations against civilians someday as the evidence against all sides grows, the UN human rights chief said on Thursday.
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World Has Abandoned Syria's People: UN Chief General Ban Ki-Moon
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the Security Council on Thursday to overcome divisions and take action to end the war in Syria as the conflict entered its fifth year with little prospect for peace.
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UN Investigators to Publish Names of Syrian War Crimes Suspects
United Nations war crimes investigators announced a radical change of strategy today, saying they would publish names of suspects involved in Syria's four-year war and push for new routes towards international justice.
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Syria War Death Toll Now More Than 200,000: Monitor
Syria's civil war has killed more than 200,000 people in less than four years, a monitoring group said today, adding that most were fighters from the two sides.
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Nazi Hunter Says Adolf Eichmann's Top Aide Presumed Dead in Syria
One of the world's most wanted war criminals, the reputed top lieutenant of Nazi mastermind Adolf Eichmann, is presumed to have died at least four years ago in Syria, where he lived under government protection, a leading Nazi hunter said on Monday.
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Russia, China Veto UN Move to Refer Syria to International Criminal Court
Russia and China have vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution referring the Syrian crisis to the International Criminal Court for investigation of possible war crimes.
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UN Vote on Syria Crisis Faces Russia Veto, Again
The UN Security Council faces a dramatic vote Thursday on referring the Syrian crisis to the International Criminal Court for investigation of possible war crimes, with dozens of countries signing on to embarrass Russia which vowed to kill the measure that demands a path to justice.
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58 Countries Urge United Nations to Refer Syria to International Criminal Court
Nearly 60 countries are denouncing the widespread impunity in Syria and urging the United Nations Security Council to refer the war to the International Criminal Court for investigation of possible crimes against humanity and war crimes.
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France Calls on United Nations to Refer Syrian War to International Criminal Court
France Monday asked the UN Security Council to refer the war in Syria to the International Criminal Court for review of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
