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Syrian regime’s indiscriminate bombing is ‘crime against humanity’: John Kerry

At a meeting of Western powers and Syrian opposition representatives in Paris, US secretary of state John Kerry called for Russia to “do their utmost to bring it to a close”.

Updated on: Dec 10, 2016, 19:38:13 IST
By , Paris
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US secretary of state John Kerry said on Saturday the Syrian regime’s “indiscriminate bombing” of Aleppo amounted to crimes against humanity and war crimes and called on its backers Russia to try to stop it.

At a meeting of Western powers and Syrian opposition representatives in Paris, US secretary of state John Kerry called for Russia to “do their utmost to bring it to a close”. (Reuters file photo)
At a meeting of Western powers and Syrian opposition representatives in Paris, US secretary of state John Kerry called for Russia to “do their utmost to bring it to a close”. (Reuters file photo)

“The indiscriminate bombing by the regime violates rules of law, or in many cases, crimes against humanity, and war crimes,” Kerry said after a meeting of Western powers and Syrian opposition representatives in Paris and he called for Russia to “do their utmost to bring it to a close”.

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