In
Beirut, a video has emerged that appears to show Syrian rebels killing a group
of captured soldiers. These killings took place on Thursday during an apparent assault
by the rebels in the town of Saraqeb, which has been a scene of heavy fighting
over the past few weeks. Tension has risen between rebels and the forces of
President Bashar Assad’s regime.
In
the videos the rebels are spraying them with bullets while the soldiers are on
the ground helpless. It shows them in crowded areas in the town, where screaming
erupts. It also shows the men on the ground, some dead and others shaking from
the bullet wounds, and the crowd after the shooting takes place. It’s reported
that twelve soldiers were killed.
Other
than this video being disturbing and the fact that lives were lost, certain
Human Rights groups are warning that the gunmen may have also committed a war
crime. This video raises a lot of concerns over the brutality among these
rebels, because Washington has been hesitant to give support to the rebellion.
With this video surfacing, they are questioning themselves.
Now
the rebels are in full control of the town Saraqeb after the regime troops
pulled back during Thursday’s fighting. This gives the rebels a higher strategic
point that the rebels have been working to capture for months.
Other
accounts of videos showing these rebels and their brutality have been reported
in the past. Reports of rebels pushing prisoners against walls, and shooting
them have also been found. Right now the authenticity of the video is in
question, and is being worked on. Groups of people are trying to find out if videos
like these are real, or if they are a fabricated show.
Events
like these bring human rights into question, along with the authenticity of the
videos. Soldiers and innocent lives are being taken away by this rebel groups.
Now that the rebel groups are in complete control of a city and a major strategy
point, one can only wonder how many more lives will be taken away.
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