Syria government, opposition forces committing extrajudicial executions: AI
Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday accused government forces and rebels in Syria of summarily capturing and killing opposition forces in violation of international humanitarian law. The AI report came after 19 bodies...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Monday expressed his concern that Syria could potentially use chemical weapons in its ongoing conflict. Ban expressed his hopes that the international community would keep a close eye on...
The UN Security Council on Friday extended the UN monitoring mission in Syria for an additional 30 days. The mandate for the UN Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) , deployed as part of the peace plan...
Syria civilian casualties may amount to war crime: UN official
The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos on Monday urged all parties involved in the Syrian conflict to take measures to avoid killing civilians. She stressed that failure to take precautions to distinguish...
Rights group reports sexual assault a weapon in Syria violence
A human rights group report was released on Wednesday documenting 81 instances of sexual assault and rape in Syria since anti-government demonstrations began in March 2011. Women Under Siege , a project of the Women's Media Center, has...
UN Joint Special Envoy Kofi Annan on Monday said that he had reached an agreement with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to end the violent conflict in the country. Annan, who met with Al-Assad on Monday, said the president was...
The UN-backed Action Group on Syria generated an agreement on Saturday designed to aid Syria in ending the violence that has occurred in the country over the last 16 months. The plan outlines...
UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic said Thursday that killings in Syria likely amount to crimes against humanity . Simonvic addressed the General Assembly on behalf of UN High Commissioner for...
The UN Human Rights Council voted to condemn Syria on Friday for killing more than 100 civilians in the Houla region of the country last week. The 47-member body voted 41-3 to approve...
The Syrian government has released more than 500 prisoners detained during pro-democracy demonstrations in the last month, Syria's official news agency reported Thursday. The report indicated that the government released 265 prisoners on May 5 and another...
