US Says Syrian Regime Using Starvation as 'Weapon of War'

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AFP:

US Says Syrian Regime Using Starvation as 'Weapon of War'
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by Naharnet Newsdesk 17 hours ago

The United States accused the Syrian regime Friday of using "starvation as a weapon of war" -- a war crime under the Geneva Conventions -- stepping up the rhetoric against Bashar Assad and his Russian backers.

Rejecting the Kremlin claims that attacks on Aleppo have stopped, a US official told AFP "the regime has rejected UN requests to deliver aid to Eastern Aleppo -- using starvation as a weapon of war."

The language mirrors the Geneva Conventions' prohibition against starving civilians "as a method of warfare."

Aleppo's quarter of a million residents have been besieged and bombarded for months, prompting international outcry.

Washington is currently weighing further sanctions against Syria and a push for justice at the International Criminal Court in the Hague.

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