UN Secretary General: Syria failed to protect its people

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday told the United Nations General Assembly that he was concerned about “grisly reports” that Syrian government forces were arbitrarily executing, imprisoning and torturing people in Homs.

"The Syrian government has failed to deliver on its responsibility to protect its people,” he said. "Civilian populations are under military assault in several cities."

The Secretary General added that "this atrocious assault is all the more appalling for
having been waged by the government itself, systematically attacking its own people."

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