Syrian opposition responsible for war crimes - UN

The United Nations human rights office outlined today, that armed opposition groups in Syria, were committing a ‘soaring’ number of killings that could constitute to war crimes.

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, outlined that the reports form the past two weeks had documented mass executions of civilians by fighters linked to the al-Qaida.

Pillay outlined, that the civilian killing were carried out by ‘hard-line armed opposition groups in Syria’ in particular the al-Qaida linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

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