UN SG accuses Assad of crimes against humanity

[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official website] stated in a UN meeting on Friday that an expert team's report will likely confirm the use of chemical weapons in the August 21 attack on Damascus.The attack [Reuters report], which has been attributed to forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad [BBC profile], deployed the nerve agent sarin gas over the rebel-held Damascas suburbs, killed [Reuters report] 1,429 Syrian civilians, including 426 children. Ban has accused [Reuters report] Assad of committing "many...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/09/un-sg-accuses-assad-of-crimes-against-humanity.php

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