UN investigators urge Russia, U.S. led coalition to look into deadly Syria air strikes
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UN war crimes investigators on Tuesday called on Russia and the U.S.-led coalition in Syria to look into their air strikes in the country last year found to have killed large numbers of civilians, in violation of international law.
UN war crimes investigators on Tuesday called on Russia and the U.S.-led coalition in Syria to look into their air strikes in the country last year found to have killed large numbers of civilians, in violation of international law.
The investigators said an air strike by a Russian aircraft using unguided weapons hit a market killing at least 84 people in Atareb, west of Aleppo, in November 2017, while strikes by the U.S.-led coalition killed 150 residents of a school holding displaced people near Raqqa in March 2017.
“Just as the coalition was pressed to investigate, Russian authorities ought to be investigating now that we brought this to light and present their findings on this particular incident,” Hanny Megally, a member of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria, told a news conference.
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