Barrel bombs cause unspeakable suffering in Syria - UN probe

GENEVA: UN investigators on Tuesday denounced the seemingly deliberate targeting of civilians in Syria’s war, causing “unspeakable suffering” as barrel bombs relentlessly drop from the sky and besieged people starve to death.

“Civilians are the main victims of an ever-accelerating cycle of violence,” Paulo Pinheiro, who heads a commission of inquiry on the human rights situation in Syria, told the UN Human Rights Council.