Clinton: Assad 'fits definition' of war criminal
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that President Bashar al-Assad fits the definition of a war criminal.
She told a Senate hearing that an argument could be made for declaring the Syrian leader a war criminal.
Mrs Clinton added that such an action would complicate the chances of finding a solution to the violence - and tended to make it harder to persuade a leader to stand down.
28 Feb 2012
- From the section Middle East