Who will face justice for the war in Syria?
It’s arguably the crime of the century but those responsible are unlikely to be caught.
An episode of the Beyond Today podcast, hosted by BBC Radio 4, titled "Who will face justice for the war in Syria?" was published on November 26, 2018 and runs 21 minutes.
November 26, 2018 ·21m · Beyond Today
Summary
The war in Syria could be the crime of the century. The conflict has been raging for nearly 8 years and, in that time, some estimate that 500,000 people have been killed. The government of President Assad has caused more of these deaths but both sides have committed atrocities which have cost civilian lives. Who should face justice and will some sort of large scale tribunal like the one that followed the war in Yugoslavia ever be held? BBC Monitoring’s Amira Fathalla and Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen try to make some sense of the conflicting narratives of the Syrian war. Producers: Becky Lipscombe and Harriet Noble.
Episode Description
The war in Syria could be the crime of the century. The conflict has been raging for nearly 8 years and, in that time, some estimate that 500,000 people have been killed. The government of President Assad has caused more of these deaths but both sides have committed atrocities which have cost civilian lives. Who should face justice and will some sort of large scale tribunal like the one that followed the war in Yugoslavia ever be held? BBC Monitoring’s Amira Fathalla and Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen try to make some sense of the conflicting narratives of the Syrian war.
Producers: Becky Lipscombe and Harriet Noble.
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