When Russian and Syrian warplanes pummeled civilian infrastructure in Idlib province, they did so without warning or a legitimate military target, Human Rights Watch said in a new report calling on world governments to hold President Vladimir Putin and other high-ranking Russian officials responsible for failing to prevent war crimes and possible crimes against humanity in Syria.
The New York-based watchdog described what it said were deliberate and disproportionate attacks on civilians carried out by the Syrian government and its ally Russia during their 11-month offensive to retake Idlib, the last major swath of territory still in the hands of the opposition after nearly a decade of war.
