Global & Disaster Medicine

Alleged war crimes in Aleppo: A U.N. panel said the evacuation of eastern Aleppo was one of many war crimes committed by those fighting for control of the city.

SF Gate

  • Often difficult to know whether specific strikes were carried out by Russia or the Syrian government.
  • Syrian warplanes targeted hospitals on at least two occasions
  • A humanitarian aid convoy was attacked on Sept. 19.
  • Evidence was found  that the Syrian government had used prohibited cluster munitions.
  • Both sides carried out indiscriminate attacks in densely populated civilian areas
  • Rebels launched imprecise mortar attacks on government-held neighborhoods.
  • Some rebels shot civilians to prevent them from leaving and used them as human shields
  • Government forces forcibly conscripted 200 men
  • Syria’s air force used chemical weapons — chlorine gas — against residential areas.

 


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