Syria: Rebels post video of summary executions

By The Newsroom
Published 17th May 2013, 01:00 BST
A VIDEO posted on the internet shows fighters of the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front in Syria executing 11 men accused of taking part in massacres by president Bashar al-Assad’s forces.

The film is believed to be from eastern Deir al-Zor province and dates from 2012, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition monitoring group.

Observatory head, Rami Abdelrahman, said the Nusra Front has been releasing videos of past operations. He said the man seen executing the prisoners in the video – a Nusra commander – had been killed in March in battles with local tribes.

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