UN panel says evacuation of Syria's Aleppo was a war crime

It singled out egregious attack in which Syrian warplanes targeted humanitarian aid convoy

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UN panel says evacuation of Syria's Aleppo was a war crime

A panel says the evacuation of eastern in December after months of siege and aerial bombing by Russian and Syrian forces was the latest in a series of war crimes committed in the six-year-old conflict.

The Commission of Inquiry on issued a report Wednesday looking at violations by all parties in the final chapter of the battle for



It singled out a "particularly egregious attack" in which Syrian warplanes targeted a humanitarian aid convoy.

The agreement to evacuate rebel-held eastern gave civilians no option to remain at the end of the protracted campaign, in which daily bombings left all the hospitals in the area out of service.

The commission said such agreements "amount to the war crime of forced displacement of the civilian population.

UN panel says evacuation of Syria's Aleppo was a war crime

It singled out egregious attack in which Syrian warplanes targeted humanitarian aid convoy

It singled out egregious attack in which Syrian warplanes targeted humanitarian aid convoy A panel says the evacuation of eastern in December after months of siege and aerial bombing by Russian and Syrian forces was the latest in a series of war crimes committed in the six-year-old conflict.

The Commission of Inquiry on issued a report Wednesday looking at violations by all parties in the final chapter of the battle for

It singled out a "particularly egregious attack" in which Syrian warplanes targeted a humanitarian aid convoy.

The agreement to evacuate rebel-held eastern gave civilians no option to remain at the end of the protracted campaign, in which daily bombings left all the hospitals in the area out of service.

The commission said such agreements "amount to the war crime of forced displacement of the civilian population.
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