BEIRUT — The Syrian regime and an increasingly organized rebel force are carrying out illegal killings and abusing their opponents, but government forces are still responsible for most of the violence stemming from the country’s uprising, a U.N. panel said Thursday.
The findings were released in Geneva by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria, which said the conflict has become “increasingly militarized.”
The report is based on hundreds of interviews since March with victims and witnesses who fled the country.
“Fighters in anti-government armed groups were killed after being captured or wounded,” the report said. “In some particularly grave instances, entire families were executed in their homes — usually the family members of those opposing the government.”
The U.N. panel also said there is a growing list of abuses committed by anti-government armed groups, including executions of military forces and suspected informers.
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