'Syrian army gas used in Aleppo'

amsterdam - In the last period of the battle for Aleppo, the Syrian army used chemical weapons in the parts of the city where the rebels then sat. Helicopters threw chlorine bombs in these neighborhoods where staying even civilians.

Writes Human Rights Watch (HRW) in a report disclosed Monday. There would be shed at least eight occasions between November 17 and December 13 bombs with chlorine gas. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague declined to comment on the report. The OPCW is working with the United Nations.

According to Human Rights Watch in the attacks slain at least nine civilians, including four children, and two hundred others were injured. The attacks according to HRW provide a strong indication that the army leadership in Damascus and the field commanders in Aleppo knew of the use of chemical agents.

The Dutch Minister Koenders of Foreign Affairs said the report shows that have been exceeded again all human and humanitarian borders. The Netherlands has taken the initiative to accelerate the establishment of the UN-proof bench. 'It is my commitment to the UN International parties in March to call each other in The Hague. This is the only way to allow punishment, now the cynicism and passivity predominate over the war in Syria. '

The evidence bench brings together the UN data on the war in Syria. So far, it is mainly non-governmental organizations to produce evidence of war crimes. The bank may for example be used when there would be established in the future Syriëtribunaal.