Saudi Cabinet: Syrian regime committed ‘war crimes’

The Saudi Cabinet claimed yesterday that the massacres committed in Aleppo constituted “a war crime against humanity”.

The cabinet, which is chaired by King Salman, renewed the kingdom’s position, taken at the emergency meeting of the executive committee of foreign ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which concluded that the massacres committed in Aleppo are “a war crime against humanity”.

The cabinet also welcomed UN Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 2328 on the deployment of international observers in Aleppo to supervise the evacuation of civilians.

According to Arab News, the cabinet expressed the kingdom’s support for the Syrian people in the face of genocide by the Syrian regime throughout the country.

During the session at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh yesterday afternoon, the council addressed a number of pressing issues including the speech by US Secretary of State John Kerry on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The kingdom welcomed Kerry’s proposals regarding a final solution to the unrest and the UNSC’s adoption of Resolution 2334 condemning Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land.