Syria .. Movements in the European Parliament against the Assad regime and a UN call for countries of the world to intensify trials of suspected war crimes suspects.

On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted a draft resolution opposing normalization with the Syrian regime before progress is made in the path of a political solution, while the Syrian Human Rights Rapporteur urged countries of the world to escalate the pace of trials of suspected war crimes in Syria in their national courts with the tenth anniversary of the outbreak of the conflict.

The European Parliament decision expresses concern about the lack of progress in the efforts for a political solution led by the United Nations due to the position of the Syrian regime.

It also confirms the lack of credibility of the regime's presidential elections, and supports the democratic demands of the Syrian people and the unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of their country.

The resolution calls for expanding sanctions against the Syrian regime to include Russian and Iranian officials.

The European Parliament decision condemns the Syrian regime's violations of human rights and international law, and says that Russia, Iran and Turkey also have violations in Syria.

The resolution calls on Russia, Iran and Hezbollah to withdraw their forces from Syria, and expresses its regret for Russia and Iran providing support to the Syrian regime in suppressing the civilian population.

He noted that Russia had paved the way for the killing of 6,900 people, including 2,000 children, and strongly condemned the air strikes.

The resolution calls on the Syrian regime to release about 130,000 political prisoners, and to allow the passage of humanitarian aid.

It also calls on Turkey to withdraw its soldiers from northern Syria, and claims that it has occupied it, and endangered peace in the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean.

The European representatives indicated that the return of Syrians should be voluntary because their country is not safe, and the protection status granted to Syrians should not change, and children of European citizens should be returned to Syria.

War crimes trials

In a development related to the situation in Syria with the advent of the tenth anniversary of the war, the UN human rights rapporteur, Michelle Bachelet, urged the countries of the world Thursday to intensify the trials of those suspected of committing Syrian war crimes.

Bachelet said that attempts to refer atrocities committed in Syria to the International Criminal Court in The Hague for the perpetrators to be tried were unsuccessful.

The UN official also called for increased efforts to track down tens of thousands of missing persons, who she said included being held in prisons run by the Syrian regime forces across the country.

"We owe it to these victims to ensure that the next decade is an accountability and compensation contract, while addressing their rights and needs so that they can rebuild their lives," Bachelet said in a statement.

It is believed that many war crimes suspects have left Syria.

Last month, a German court sentenced a former member of the Syrian security services to 4 and a half years in prison for inciting the torture of civilians, in the first court ruling of its kind in the world regarding crimes against humanity in the Syrian war.

In this context, Bachelet said that "it remains necessary for national courts to continue conducting fair, public and transparent trials, and to reduce the accountability gap for such serious crimes," describing the German ruling as "an important step forward on the road to justice."

For his part, Paulo Pinheiro - who heads a United Nations team to investigate war crimes - denounced the continued impunity.

"We commend the great courage of the Syrian victims and activists, and the determination of some member states to consider the cases," Pinheiro told the Human Rights Council on Thursday.

In the same context, Hani Majali, a member of an international committee affiliated with the United Nations, said that 60 judicial systems have contacted the committee, requesting information, and that they have provided information in about 300 cases under consideration.

Protests calling for freedom and democracy erupted against the Bashar al-Assad regime in March 2011 in southern Syria, before the authorities met them with a tough security crackdown, but quickly spread across the country and developed into a multilateral war that also caused the displacement of more than 11 million people, representing half of the population before Start the war.