BEIRUT: An international rights group called on Tuesday for the United Nations Security Council to block the flow of weapons to Syria’s regime, which it said was launching indiscriminate attacks with “barrel bombs.”

The call from Human Rights Watch (HRW) came a day after a group of prominent legal experts urged the UN to deliver aid to rebel areas in Syria, even over objections from the Syrian government.

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