
U.N. panel documents decade of war crimes
Syria's combatants have taken advantage of the international community's disastrous failures, the chair of a panel of U.N. investigators said.
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Syria's combatants have taken advantage of the international community's disastrous failures, the chair of a panel of U.N. investigators said.
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