Bloodshed

Activists: 4,300 Syrian Civilians Killed

G8 says Syria high on agenda.

Human Rights Watch said Thursday that 4,300 civilians have been killed in “deliberately or indiscriminately targeted airstrikes” since July 2012, accusing Syria’s Army of war crimes. In the report, Human Rights Watch said that in “village after village, we found a civilian air force terrified by the country’s own air force.” Meanwhile, the group of eight said Syria and North Korea are high on their agenda as they gathered in London on Thursday. G8 ministers met with Syrian opposition figures Wednesday, but, unlike North Korea, Syria still has allies in the group (Russia), and it could be difficult to come to any type of agreement for a solution before the G8’s annual summit in Northern Ireland later this year.