Wednesday, March 1, 2017

UN: Both Sides in Aleppo Committed War Crimes

UN investigators have said that both sides committed war crimes in the recent battle for the Syrian city of Aleppo.

In their latest report, they say Syrian government aircraft deliberately bombed an aid convoy, but also said opposition groups prevented civilians from fleeing by using them as human shields.

Here's our correspondent at UN Headquarters in New York, Lorna Shaddick.

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