Thread by @evanhill, Today the UN released a summary of its investigation into attacks on [...]

Today the UN released a summary of its investigation into attacks on seven protected sites in northwest Syria, which our team has been reporting on for nearly a year ( https://www.un.org/sg/sites/www.un.org.sg/files/atoms/files/NWS_BOI_Summary_06_April_2020.pdf).">https://www.un.org/sg/sites/... Here& #39;s what this investigation does (and mostly does not) say:

1)The UN investigation does not assign any specific blame to Russia, despite our finding that Russia carried out one of the bombings, on a school and hospital compound in Qalaat al-Madiq https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/31/world/middleeast/syria-united-nations-investigation.html">https://www.nytimes.com/interacti...

Hospitals and Schools Are Being Bombed in Syria. A U.N. Inquiry Is Limited. We Took a Deeper Look.

Attacks on civilian sites in Syria have grown so frequent that the U.N. launched a rare inquiry to document the violations. But the investigation is limited in scope and the final report may not be...

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/31/world/middleeast/syria-united-nations-investigation.html

2)The Board of Inquiry& #39;s scope remained narrow: it never expanded its investigation beyond seven sites, excluding a number of hospital bombings which we proved Russia carried out https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/13/world/middleeast/russia-bombing-syrian-hospitals.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/1...

12 Hours. 4 Syrian Hospitals Bombed. One Culprit: Russia.

The Russians saved Bashar al-Assad’s government. A trove of Russian Air Force recordings obtained by The Times shows how bombing Syrian hospitals helped them do it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/13/world/middleeast/russia-bombing-syrian-hospitals.html

3)Diplomats told us in November that Russia was pressing Secretary General António Guterres not to release the conclusions of even this very narrow inquiry. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/14/world/middleeast/russia-syria-hospital-bombing.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/1...

U.N. Query on Syria Hospital Bombings May Be Undermined by Russia Pressure, Limited Scope

The United Nations is investigating attacks on seven humanitarian sites in Syria. Diplomats say Russia is trying to keep the U.N. findings secret.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/14/world/middleeast/russia-syria-hospital-bombing.html

4)The UN even dropped its own investigation into one of the seven sites, Al-Suqlabiyah National Hospital, because it was supported by the @WHO, and not directly by the UN. (We determined the hospital probably was hit by the National Liberation Front) https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/31/world/middleeast/syria-united-nations-investigation.html">https://www.nytimes.com/interacti...

Hospitals and Schools Are Being Bombed in Syria. A U.N. Inquiry Is Limited. We Took a Deeper Look.

Attacks on civilian sites in Syria have grown so frequent that the U.N. launched a rare inquiry to document the violations. But the investigation is limited in scope and the final report may not be...

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/31/world/middleeast/syria-united-nations-investigation.html

5)The Board of Inquiry confirmed that the UN did not verify the coordinates of hospitals and clinics groups submitted to @OCHA_Syria in the hopes of protecting themselves from attack. We reported on the failings of this "deconfliction" system https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/29/world/middleeast/united-nations-syria-russia.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/2...

The U.N. Tried to Save Hospitals in Syria. It Didn’t Work.

Russian and Syrian forces have bombed sites on a flawed U.N. no-strike list with impunity. Relief groups are giving up hope.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/29/world/middleeast/united-nations-syria-russia.html

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