War crimes in the Syrian civil war have been numerous and serious. A United Nations report published in August 2014 stated that "the conduct of the warring parties in the Syrian Arab Republic has caus
The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic present their 6th report to the Human Rights Council on September 16, 2013. The image shows the four commissioners (left to right): Vitit Muntarbhorn, Carla Del Ponte, Karen Koning Abuzayd, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro
Wounded civilians arrive at a hospital in Aleppo during the Syrian civil war, October 2012
Victims of chemical weapon attack on civilians in Ghouta, an opposition held area.
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The Syrian Armed Forces are the military forces of Syria. They consist of the Syrian Army, Syrian Air Force and Syrian Navy. According to Article 32 of the Constitutional Declaration of the Syrian Ara
A Syrian soldier manning a checkpoint near Damascus.
A Syrian soldier aims a Type 56 assault rifle from a foxhole during a military activity demonstration in Saudi Arabia in 1990. The soldier is wearing a Soviet-made Model ShMS nuclear-biological-chemical warfare mask.
Syrian honor guard stands at attention during Operation Desert Shield. The soldier is armed with an AK-47 assault rifle.
A Syrian military officer meets with an officer from the Iraqi Border Force Command.