Professor of Genocide Studies
@NIODamsterdam @UvA_Amsterdam |
Research on mass violence, Middle East |
Author of "Paramilitarism" (2020), "Syrian Gulag" (2022).
Apr 27, 2022 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
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.