War Criminals In Syria

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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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  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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• UN documents new war crimes in Syria for future prosecution

  U.N. war crimes experts have documented more torture and killings by both sides in Syria and are confident they can build a case that could be taken up by the International Criminal Court, a leading member of the team said on Friday.