Major powers supply weapons in Syria

A UN inquiry commission report has revealed influential states are supplying Syrian government and opposition forces the weapons to carry out war crimes and violate human rights, Xinhua reported.

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Presenting the latest report of UN Human Rights Council’s Commission of Inquiry on Syria, its chairman Paolo Sergio Pinheiro said, “Influential states had turned away from the work required for a political solution, some continued to deliver arms, artillery and aircraft to the Syrian government, or supported armed groups with weapons and financial aid.”

Pinheiro blamed these activities as fuelling a proxy war inside Syria.

Meanwhile, the inquiry commission head stressed that international inaction has left space for the worst of humanity to express itself and the conflict has reached a tipping point threatening war in the entire region.