Syria Executions, Hostage Taking by Rebels

Human Rights Watch: Armed opposition groups in Syria killed at least 190 civilians and seized over 200 as hostages during a military offensive that began in rural Latakia governorate on August 4, 2013. Two opposition groups that took part in the offensive, the "Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant" (ISIL) and 'Jaish al-Muhajireen w al-Ansar' (Army of the Migrants and Partisans), are still holding the hostages, the vast majority women and children. The findings strongly suggest that the killings, hostage taking, and other abuses rise to the level of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Source: Human Rights Watch



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