The Syrian rebels posed casually, standing over their prisoners with firearms pointed down at the shirtless and terrified men.
The prisoners, seven in all, were captured Syrian soldiers. Five were
trussed, their backs marked with red welts. They kept their faces
pressed to the dirt as the rebels’ commander recited a bitter
revolutionary verse.
“For fifty years, they are companions to corruption,” he said. “We swear
to the Lord of the Throne, that this is our oath: We will take
revenge.”
The moment the poem ended, the commander, known as “the Uncle,” fired a
bullet into the back of the first prisoner’s head. His gunmen followed
suit, promptly killing all the men at their feet.
This scene, documented in a video smuggled out of Syria a few days ago
by a former rebel who grew disgusted by the killings, offers a dark
insight into how many rebels have adopted some of the same brutal and
ruthless tactics as the regime they are trying to overthrow.
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