The US has deployed a truck-mounted missile system into Syria, an official confirmed.

A UN-appointed panel of human rights experts has documented cases of unlawful killings, torture and abuses by Syrian government forces and anti-government groups, the group said today.

The United Nations has a secret list of top Syrian officials who could face investigation for crimes against humanity carried out by security forces in their crackdown against an anti-government uprising, a panel of UN human rights experts said.