UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that a massive assault on the Palestinian Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria would be a war crime. The international community, he called on to take "concerted action" to save the lives of people.
"The residents of Yarmouk, including 3,500 children, are being turned into human shields," he said. "They face a double-edged sword – armed elements inside the camp, and government forces outside. We are now hearing worrying reports of a massive assault on the camp and all civilians in it. This would be yet one more outrageous war crime for which those responsible must be held accountable," TASS cited him.
According to him, "it is time for concerted action to save lives". "We simply cannot stand by and watch a massacre unfold. The people of Yarmouk must not be abandoned," the head of the UN administration stressed. However, he did not specify what exactly he's waiting from the international community.
