SYRIA has "wilfully" killed thousands of civilians in air strikes that amount to war crimes, Human Rights Watch say, as rebels lobbied the major powers for weapons.
Meanwhile, details emerged of fierce fighting for two towns in southern Syria on Wednesday in which monitors said at least 57 people were killed, among them six children.
Human Rights Watch said bakeries and hospitals were among the civilian targets that been hit by air strikes as the regime resorts to an increasingly indiscriminate use of its air power.
"Individuals who commit serious violations of the laws of war wilfully - that is intentionally or recklessly - are responsible for war crimes," the New York-based watchdog said in a report titled "Death from the Skies."
"Syrian government air strikes that have deliberately or indiscriminately killed civilians appear to be part of systematic and widespread attacks against the civilian population that Human Rights Watch previously found amount to crimes against humanity," it added.
Basing its findings on investigations in rebel-held areas of three provinces, the New York-based group documented air strikes on four bakeries and two hospitals, along with other civilian targets.
One hospital in the northern city of Aleppo, the Dar al-Shifa, had suffered at least four attacks alone.
"Air strikes have killed more than 4300 civilians across Syria since July 2012," HRW said.
Fifty civilians were among 179 people killed in violence on Wednesday, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
The biggest loss of life was in the southern province of Daraa, where rebels have made gains along the Jordanian border in recent weeks.
"At least six children, seven women, 16 rebel fighters, 16 other unidentified men and 12 army troops were killed on Wednesday, in fighting, shelling and summary executions waged after the army launched an assault on Al-Sanamein and Ghabagheb," the Observatory said.
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