US/Jew-Backed Militants Execute More than 50 civilians in Syria

PressTV
July 27, 2013

Smoke rises from burned factories damaged in fighting between foreign-sponsored militants and government forces in Khan al-Assal, Syria.
Smoke rises from burned factories damaged in fighting between foreign-sponsored militants and government forces in Khan al-Assal, Syria.

Foreign-sponsored militants in Syria have executed 51 civilians in Khan al-Assal, a strategic town close to the northern city of Aleppo.

Reports said on Friday that the civilians were killed on Monday after the town fell to the militants. The victims were all shot in the head.

A number of military personnel were also summarily executed in addition to the civilians, according to the reports.

Most of the town is currently under the control of the militants. Khan al-Assal was the location of a chemical attack earlier this year that left 30 people dead.

On July 9, the Russian ambassador to the United Nations said that Russian experts collected samples at the site of the attack in the town.

The samples were examined at a laboratory in Russia which is certified by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), and the results of the analysis prove that a missile fired by the militants was filled with sarin, Ambassador Vitaly Churkin stated.

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