Chemical weapons have been used in at least four attacks Syria as crimes
against humanity are perpetrated every day, according to a UN inquiry.
Free Syrian Army fighters preparing to fire on Syrian army positions in the old city area of Aleppo Photo: EPA
The UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria said in a report that both sides were
deliberating breaking the rules of war against millions of victims.
"War crimes and crimes against humanity have become a daily reality in Syria,"
the Commission of Inquiry on Syria said in a report delivered to the UN
Human Rights Council in Geneva, adding it had "reasonable grounds to believe
that chemical agents have been used as weapons.
The regime of President Bashar al-Assad was accused of a "concerted policy" of
massacre and forced displacement of civilians against the nationwide
rebellion it faced. Meanwhile rebels could also have used chemical weapons
as well as the regime.
In their latest report, based on interviews with victims, medical staff and
other witnesses, they said they had received allegations that Syrian
government forces and rebels had used the banned weapons, but that most
testimony related to their use by state forces.
"There are reasonable grounds to believe that limited quantities of toxic
chemicals were used. It has not been possible, on the evidence available, to
determine the precise chemical agents used, their delivery systems or the
perpetrator," Paulo Pinheiro, who chairs the U.N. commission of inquiry,
told a news conference in Geneva.
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