Citing evidence of Assad forces killing civilians in over 20 locations, Amnesty International accused the regime of committing war crimes on Thursday.
Publishing its findings in a 70-page report, Amnesty repeated its call on the UN security Council to refer Syria to the ICC.
Speaking to Reuters, Amnesty advisor Donatella Rovera, said:
"Wherever I went, in every town, in every village, there was a very similar pattern - soldiers who went in, in very large numbers, for very short but very brutal incursions where they extra-judicially executed young men, burned down their homes. Those who they arrested were then tortured in detention."
"And that was really repeated in every town and every village that I visited... The bulk, the overwhelming majority of the violations are being committed by the government security forces and their paramilitary militia against the civilian population."