DAMASCUS: Evidence has been uncovered in Syria that implicates President Bashar al-Assad and members of his inner circle in war crimes and crimes against humanity, a top UN official said on Monday.

The allegations came as Syrian rebels, including jihadists, captured the historic Christian town of Maalula north of Damascus, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitoring group.

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