U.N. war-crimes experts are probing reports that civilians in Syria have been attacked in recent days by banned weapons containing chlorine. Paulo Pinheiro, chief of the International Commission of Inquiry on Syria, said Monday that sieges in eastern Idlib and Ghouta “involve the international crimes of indiscriminate bombardment and deliberate starvation of the civilian population.” Airstrikes, he said, have hit at least three hospitals in 48 hours, making “a mockery of so-called ‘de-escalation zones.”
