UN implicates Syrian president in war crimes

    By IANS,

    Damascus : The UN human rights chief has said an inquiry has produced evidence that war crimes in Syria were actually authorised at the “highest level”, including by President Bashar al-Assad, BBC reported Monday.


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    It is the first time the UN’s human rights office has so directly implicated Assad.

    Commissioner Navi Pillay said her office held a list of others implicated by the inquiry.

    The UN estimates more than 100,000 people have died in the conflict.

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