“Since the Syrian air force is using older planes with pilots untrained in smart weapons capabilities, they [Russia] would use less smart weapons capabilities. The claim that these tactics might be meant to elude war crimes investigators has not been made before. Russia 'on wrong side of history' over Syria chemical weapons – US Read moreThe assessment is not shared by all UN officials working on Syria. The commission had accused both Russia and the Syrian government of using unguided weapons in the past, particularly during the siege of Aleppo, which it said had relied almost exclusively on such munitions. The possibility of prosecuting war crimes and crimes against humanity in Syria by the international criminal court has so far been stymied by the threat of a Russian veto.

Source: The Guardian March 06, 2018 14:18 UTC