On Tuesday, an international watchdog accused Syrian opposition of being responsible for killings, abductions, and torture in Aleppo and surrounding areas.


MOSCOW (Sputnik)�� An international rights group accused Syrian opposition on�Tuesday of�being responsible for�killings, abductions and torture in�the northern Syrian regions of�Aleppo, Idlib and surrounding areas, and called for�an end of�these practices.


"Armed groups opposing the Syrian government have committed serious violations of�international humanitarian law, including abductions, torture and summary killings," Amnesty International said in�a report titled "Torture was my punishment�: Abductions, torture and summary killings under�armed group rule in�Aleppo and Idleb, Syria."


The report is said to�be painting a picture of�what life is like�in the regions controlled by�Syrian opposition groups, some of�which are supported by�the governments of�Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United States despite�the existing evidence that those groups violate international humanitarian law.
"Many civilians live in�constant fear of�being abducted if they criticize the conduct of�armed groups in�power or fail to�abide by�the strict rules that some have imposed," the watchdog's director of�the Middle East and North Africa Programme, Philip Luther, was quoted as�saying by�Amnesty.


He called on�the countries comprising the Syria Support Group, including those implicated in�supporting the violent opposition, to�put pressure on�those armed groups to�stop the abuse, and cut the supply of�arms to�opposition fighters.

Numerous opposition groups in�Syria have been fighting against�the government forces of�President Bashar Assad since�2011. The situation in�the country is worsened by�the activity of�extremist groups, including the notorious Islamic State, outlawed in�many countries around�the world, including in�Russia and the United States.

By Sputnik