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Who is responsible for the massacre
Syrian government troops and Iraqi militias fighting on their side burst into the houses of civilians Aleppo and kill them. This was stated by the official representative of the Office of the Supreme Commissioner of the UN Human Rights Rupert Colville, BBC reports .
According to Collville, reports of such cases came from four Assada of the Aleppo Assad recently repelled. According to the UN sources, only dozens of civilians were killed the day before.
“In general, as of yesterday evening, we received reports that pro -government forces killed at least 82 civilians, including 11 women and 13 children,” the diplomat said. At the same time, he admitted that some reports of the murders of civilians were not confirmed. “It is extremely difficult to collect the verified and inspiring confidence in the information,” Kolville explained. “We express our deep hope that these messages are exaggerated.”
In the areas of Aleppo, still occupied by the rebels, several thousand civilians remain.
On Tuesday, Foreign Minister Jean-Jacques Airo called the actions of government troops "systematic retaliation and terror." He laid guilty for atrocities in the eastern part of the city for those who support the regime of Bashar al -Assad. "Those who support the regime, starting with Russia, cannot indulge this logic of retaliation and terror, not risking becoming accomplices," Airo said.
The head of the French Foreign Ministry also called on the UN to investigate what was happening in Aleppo. "I urge to use all the mechanisms without delay in order to find out the truth about what is happening in Aleppo so that the international community does not allow these crimes to remain unpunished," Airo said.
On Tuesday, at the Russian Center for reconciliation of the warring parties, they reported that the Syrian government troops took control of almost the entire territory of Aleppo. “The Syrian authorities fully control more than 98 percent of the territory of the city of Aleppo,” said the total area of quarters in the eastern part of the city, where militants remain, does not exceed 3 sq. Km. ”
On December 9, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution with a demand to immediately stop all attacks on civilian objects and civilians in Syria, as well as stop the siege of cities, including Aleppo. The resolution, the project of which was prepared by Canada, Costa Rica, the Netherlands and Japan, supported 122 states. 13 delegations, including Russia and Iran, opposed and 36 abstained.
The General Assembly demanded to stop all the fighting in Syria and provide the UN and its specialized institutions safe, constant and unhindered humanitarian access to the needy Syrians. The co -authors of the resolution have stated the need to ensure the prosecution of those who are guilty of crimes committed in Syria, many of which can be qualified as war crimes or crimes against humanity.
The adopted document expresses indignation regarding the escalation of violence in Syria, in particular in Aleppo, as well as constant large -scale violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights.