Nichervan Ali, a Syrian Kurd aged 20, was executed by his military unit for refusing to shoot other soldiers, according to his best friend, Diyar. | Roy Gutman / MCT
Defectors: Torture Of Children, Rape By Syrian Army 'Routine' -- McClatchy News
DOMZIN, Iraq — In addition to shooting unarmed civilians, Syrian military personnel routinely have raped women and girls, tortured children and encouraged troops to loot the houses they storm, former foot soldiers say.
"What I have seen with my own eyes, it was indescribable," said Rolat Azad, 21, who said he'd served as a master sergeant in Idlib province in the northeast of Syria. There, he commanded 10 men who'd break into houses seeking to arrest men whose names they'd been given by the country's intelligence agencies. "They gave us orders: 'You are free to do what you like,' " he recalled.
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Update: In rare interviews, Syrian ex-soldiers talk of killing civilians -- McClatchy News
My Comment: There will be an accounting one day for the atrocities that have (and are now happening) in Syria.When that day will come I do not know ... but the sooner it happens, the better.
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