The United Nations envoy for Syria on Wednesday called on its new authorities to prevent a "cycle of retribution and revenge" after the overthrow of the brutal rule of Bashar al-Assad.
At a Security Council meeting, Geir Pedersen spoke of worrying reports of "men killed in the exchange of fire and reported serious ill-treatment in detention" taking place under the country's transitional authorities.
He lamented reports of "kidnapping, looting, expropriation of property, and forced evictions of families from public housing."