29 Mar 2024
Monday 26 December 2016 - 22:09
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Mass graves containing dozens of tortured Syrians uncovered in Aleppo



Press TV- Russian military troops have found a number of mass graves in the recently liberated Syrian city of Aleppo, which containedremainsofbodies with signs of torture and mutilation at the hands of foreign-sponsored Takfiri terrorists.
Mass burial sites ofmany dozens of Syrians, who were subjected tobrutal torture and then murdered, have been found. In many cases, body parts are missing. Most victims have been shot inthe head. And it seems this is only the beginning, Russian Defense Ministrys spokesman, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said in a statement on Monday.
Konashenkov said that the instances were being recorded asserious war crimes, adding that Moscow would publicize them to let the European backers ofthe so-called Syrian opposition well know who their wards actually are."

He added that foreign-sponsored Takfiri militants had mined streets and entrances topremises inthe eastern quarters of Aleppo, and rigged toys, cars as well as motorcycles with explosives.

Konashenkov further noted that Russian soldiers had also uncovered seven large munitions depots, enough toarm several infantry battalions, inAleppo.

Takfiri militants execute nearly two dozen civilians in Aleppo

Separately, Syrian authorities say they have founded the bodies of 21 civilians, including women and children, whom militants had executed at close range as they pulled out of Aleppo last week.



[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="555"] This picture shows destruction in the formerly militant-held Sukkari district in the northwestern city of Aleppo on December 23, 2016 after Syrian government forces fully retook control of the whole city. (Photo by AFP)[/caption]

DoctorZaher Hajo, the director ofthe forensics office of Aleppo,told Syrias official news agency, SANA, that the bodies had been found in prisons run by the terrorist groups in al-Sukkari and al-Kalasseh neighborhoods of the city,adding that they bore wounds of gunshots fired at very close range.

There were five children and four women among the discovered corpses.

On December 20, scores of Aleppans, who had arrived at Syrian armys checkpoints in Jisr al-Haj Bridge, gave accounts of summary executions of civilians by terrorists from Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, formerly known as the al-Nusra Front.

Number of Aleppo evacuees reaches 44,000

Meanwhile, Turkey'spresidential spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, says the number of people who have left Aleppo and moved to the militant-held city of Idlib over the past three weeks has hit 44,000.



[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="555"] Turkey's presidential spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin (Photo by Anadolu news agency)[/caption]

He added that 200 of the evacuees had been brought to Turkey for medical treatment.

The Syrian army announced on December 22 that government forces had wrested full control over Aleppo after the last batch of civilians and militants were evacuated from the city.

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