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Syrian Jihadist Rebels Establishing Brutal Secret Prisons In Aleppo, Amnesty Reveals

Al Qaeda's Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham militants are punishing Syrian civilians for disobedience, the Amnesty report says (AP Photo)

Dec 19, 2013, Huffington Post Syrian jihadist rebels are torturing and killing civilians, including children, for flouting “sharia” laws such as smoking cigarettes – and exacting the brutal punishments in a bid to replace the Assad regime with a hardline Islamic state, Amnesty International has reported. Secret jails in Aleppo …

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Kanayé, (Qunaya) another Christian village invaded by jihadists that impose the Islamic law

Marian shrine in the grounds of the Monastery at Qunaya, from a past winter.

Dec 16, 2013, Agenzia Fides The Christian village of Kanayé, Orontes River, in the Governorate of Idlib, has been invaded by Islamist militants that terrorize the population, threaten a massacre and have imposed the Islamic law. This is what was reported to Fides Agency by Mgr. Giuseppe Nazzaro, vicar emeritus …

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‘Whole families murdered’: Syrian rebels execute over 80 civilians outside Damascus [VIDEO]

Dec 15, 2013, RT.com VIDEO Over 80 civilians in a town northwest of the Syrian capital of Damascus have been executed by Islamist rebels, sources within the Syrian military told RT. Many others were kidnapped to be used as human shields. Government forces are continuing a large-scale operation against Jabhat …

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Peaceful protest leader in Syria disappears; Islamist rebels suspected of role

Dec 10, 2013, Washington Post One of the most prominent figures in the peaceful protest movement that swept Syria early in the country’s uprising went missing Wednesday from a rebel-controlled suburb of Damascus, prompting suspicions that she is among the scores of civilian activists and journalists who have been detained …

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Syrian militants claim kidnap of Russian engineer, post video

Oct 24, 2013, RT.com Syrian Islamist militants have released a video of allegedly a Russian engineer they captured. The man says he will be killed unless exchanged for an imprisoned Saudi. The authenticity of the video has not yet been confirmed. The video posted online on Wednesday features a bearded, …

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