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'The executions unfolded over three days in two Sunni enclaves in the largely Alawite and Christian province, first in the village of Bayda and then in the Ras al-Nabeh district of the nearby city of Baniyas' nytimes.com/2013/05/15/wor…
#Bayda #Baniyas
#Justice #Assad2ICC
'The executions unfolded over three days in two Sunni enclaves in the largely Alawite and Christian province, first in the village of Bayda and then in the Ras al-Nabeh district of the nearby city of Baniyas' nytimes.com/2013/05/15/wor…
'Government troops & supporting militias went house to house, killing entire families & smashing men’s heads with concrete blocks.
Activists provided lists of 322 victims they said had been identified. Videos showed at least a dozen dead children. Hundreds are reported missing'
Activists provided lists of 322 victims they said had been identified. Videos showed at least a dozen dead children. Hundreds are reported missing'
'Multiple video images recorded in Bayda & Ras al-Nabeh — of small children lying where they died, some embracing one another or their parents — were so searing that even government supporters rejected official version of events, that army had “crushed a number of terrorists”
'One prominent pro-government writer, Bassam al-Qadi, took the unusual, risky step of publicly blaming loyalist gunmen for the killings and accusing the government of “turning a blind eye to criminals and murderers in the name of ‘defending the homeland.’ “
'#Baniyas In one video bodies of at least 7 children & several adults lie tangled & bloody. A baby girl, naked from waist down, stares skyward, tiny hands balled into fists. Her round face is unblemished, but her belly is darkened, her legs & feet are charred into black cinders'
'Men in military dress went door to door separating men & boys 10 & older from women & children. Some gunmen were from National Defense Forces pro-government militias, mainly Alawites. They bludgeoned & shot men, shot or stabbed families to death, burned houses and bodies"
'One video said to be from #Bayda showed eight dead children on a bed. Two toddlers cuddled face to face; a baby rested on a dead woman’s shoulder'
'Security forces allowed in Red Crescent. Bodies were dumped in a mass grave
Residents posted pictures of children killed
Moaz 1 yr old & his sister Afnan 3
3 sisters Halima, Sara & Aisha
Curly-haired Noor
Fatima, too little to have much hair but already sporting earrings'
Residents posted pictures of children killed
Moaz 1 yr old & his sister Afnan 3
3 sisters Halima, Sara & Aisha
Curly-haired Noor
Fatima, too little to have much hair but already sporting earrings'
