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The MPs of UK believe the “price of inaction” in Syria has been “unacceptably high,” and government should act urgently to prevent future crimes against humanity, the Independent newspaper wrote.
The Commons Foreign Affairs Committee called for the government to produce an atrocity prevention strategy plan, after it concluded there had been a “manifest failure to protect civilians and to prevent mass atrocity crimes in Syria,” said the newspaper.
The lack of an early response against Bashar al-Assad's regime had resulted in severe consequences and opened the door for Russia and Iran to intervene, the MPs said.
“It has become clear through our inquiry that the price of inaction in the case of Syria has been unacceptably high,” the MPs’ said in their report.
The report proposed an independent inquiry into the decision-making processes that led to UK non-intervention and what lessons can be learnt from the human cost, according to the Independent.
The report urged the government to update the strategy for protection of civilians in war to reflect how explosive weapons and attacks on healthcare services affect civilians.
Britain Joined France and the US in April this year in carrying out air strikes on targets belonging to Assad’s regime following a chemical weapons attack, but calls to establish no-fly zones and action to protect civilians had been made as early as 2011 and 2012.