UN could release names of 200 war criminals of Syria

#warcriminals #syrianconflict #ISIS #alnusra #FSA UN is worried about the spate of atrocities committed in Syria by both the people in power and those in the opposition and has complied a list of persons who could fall in the category of war criminals as reported in bbc.com dated 20 February 2015.
The list has been compiled by investigators of United Nations and, as per diplomatic sources, it runs into 5 lists with roughly 40 names in each list. The names include people belonging to the forces of President Bashar al-Assad as well as people belonging to Free Syrian Army FSA, Islamic State, al-Nusra affiliates etcetera – these persons are suspected of having committed war crimes in Syria.
In case the UN does release the list, it would be a departure from present procedures because, there is a long-held policy of not naming alleged war criminals in the Syrian conflict. However, the investigators feel that there had been an "exponential rise" in atrocities committed in Syria with more than 220,000 people killed in the course of the four-year civil conflict.
The investigators - from the UN's Commission for Inquiry on Syria - said they had prepared five lists of names including "a variety of perpetrators from different groups".
The Syrian government has carried out innumerable air strikes on rebel-held territory throughout the conflict, and has been accused by human rights organizations of killing thousands of innocent civilians in the process. The making public of the list could coincide with the UN Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva on 17 March.

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