GENEVA – The UN Syria Commission of Inquiry today published a report on the wave of violence that engulfed coastal and western central Syria from January, finding that acts that may amount to war crimes were committed.
The violence – which primarily targeted Alawi communities and culminated in massacres in early March – included murder, torture and inhumane acts related to the treatment of the dead, widespread looting and burning of homes all of which displaced tens of thousands of civilians. Some of these horrific acts were filmed and disseminated on social media, along with footage of civilians being abused and humiliated.
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Source: United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
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