The UN special envoy for Syria called for an end (Al-Monitor) to the “near siege-like situation” in the Daraa al-Balad district, where clashes between government forces and rebels have caused thousands of people to flee their homes in recent weeks.
Israel, Palestinian territories: In a new report, Human Rights Watch said that Hamas’s unguided rocket attacks on Israeli cities during the May conflict amounted to war crimes (BBC). Last month, the rights group said three Israeli air strikes on Gaza during the same period also violated the laws of war.
