On 16 April 2013, the #Assad regime’s Military Intelligence massacred over 100 civilians (including women and children) in Damascus by driving them to an alley in Tadamon neighborhood, taking them to a pre-dug pit, and executing them one by one. (1/4) bit.ly/3OFK9Ee
The perpetrators videotaped the entire massacre, by far the worst footage I have seen in 11 years of violence in Syria. We obtained the videos, analyzed them, managed to find the main perpetrator on Facebook, and interviewed him. (2/4) Full story by @martinchulov in @guardian.
This material is unique: a) There are no other examples of #Assad's Mukhabarat so clearly on record committing massacres and torture against unarmed civilians who are neither detainees nor combatants, b) the perpetrator admitted to his crimes and explained why he did it. (3/4)
The massacre stands in a broader context of #genocide in the southern Damascus suburbs. For the inside story see our longread with the fearless and peerless Annsar Shahhoud in @newlinesmag. Arabic translation forthcoming in @aljumhuriya_net.
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