Syria: Bashar Al-Assad Could Be Regarded as a War Criminal, Says Hillary Clinton
The Syrian president Bashar al-Assad could be regarded as a war criminal, Hillary Clinton suggested as the United Nations said 100 people were dying in his country every day.
Lynn Pascoe, the UN’s under secretary general for political affairs, said the total number of dead from the conflict was now “well over” 7,500, with no sign of an end to the violence.
“There are now credible reports that the death toll now often exceeds 100 civilians a day, including many women and children,” she said.
France said it was preparing a new resolution to go before the UN security council and called for the Assad regime to face war crime charges.
Meanwhile Tunisia’s president, Moncef Marzouki, said that he was ready to offer asylum to the Syrian leader as part of a negotiated solution to the conflict.
Addressing the US Senate, Mrs Clinton, America’s secretary of state, said “an argument could be made” for declaring Mr Assad a war criminal, but stopped short of doing so herself.