With action blocked by Russia's veto in the Security Council, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution establishing an independent investigation into war crimes in Syria.
Alarmed at the "devastating" humanitarian crisis in Aleppo, the Security Council called on the UN to carry out "neutral monitoring" of evacuations from the war-ravaged city.
The evacuation of eastern Aleppo is underway, but most will be taken to rebel-controlled areas in neighboring Idlib governorate—likely the regime’s next target for recapture.
A fragile ceasefire has taken effect in Aleppo as pro-Assad forces seize most of the city, but the regime is failing to follow through on a pledge to evacuate residents to a "safe zone."
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights accused Syrian pro-government forces of going door-to-door and systematically killing civilians in the re-taken city of Aleppo.
As pro-Assad forces close in on the last opposition-held areas of Aleppo, reports are coming out of the stricken city that residents face mass detention and atrocities.
With action in the Security Council blocked by Russia and China, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution demanding an immediate end to all attacks on civilians in Syria.
As thousands of civilians flee the Assad regime's advance on Aleppo, rebel groups are charging that the Kurdish-led People's Protection Units are collaborating in the offensive.
A group of human rights lawyers in Germany filed a criminal complaint against Syrian dictator Bashar Assad on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Backed by unrelenting Russian air-strikes, Syrian regime forces advance on rebel-held eastern Aleppo, a grim inauguration of the fascist world order dominated by Trump and Putiin.
Xi Jinping is weighing whether he will be invited to join the authoritarian New Order—or whether Putin will desert him for Trump, and the two of them will gang up on China.
Trump's election has given Russia a green light for the destruction of Aleppo; Bashar Assad now has the open support of both superpowers in his war of extermination.
