Amnesty says Syria airstrikes war crimes Investigators said there was “sufficient evidence” to conclude that government forces were responsible an attacks on the rebel-held village of Qmenas on 16 March 2015 The Joint Investigation Mechanism (JIM) report said a device dropped from a high altitude “hit…
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons’ (OPCW) Executive Council (EC) adopted by vote a decision today that expresses grave concern about and condemns in the strongest possible terms the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic, calls on all parties identified…
NEW YORK, 30 August 2016 (Joint Investigative Mechanism) — The Security Council considered the third report (document S/2016/738) of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)‑United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism, pursuant to resolution 2235 (2015). The report provides the findings, assessments and conclusions of the Mechanism’s…
The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, says it is ‘deeply disturbing’ that the Syrian peace process is being undermined by bombing and the blocking of aid to civilians. On Thursday at a conference in London, Ban says: ‘There is no military solution. Only political dialogue…