UN Implicates Assad in War Crimes

Human rights commissioner says there is evidence war crimes were authorized at the "highest level"

The UN's human rights chief has said an inquiry has produced evidence that war crimes were authorised in Syria at the "highest level", including by President Bashar al-Assad.

It is the first time the UN's human rights office has so directly implicated Mr Assad.

Commissioner Navi Pillay said her office held a list of others implicated by the inquiry.

The UN estimates more than 100,000 people have died in the conflict.

The UN's commission of inquiry into Syria has produced "massive evidence… [of] very serious crimes, war crimes, crimes against humanity," Ms Pillay said.