Syria: Government announces the killing of 175 "terrorists" and the opposition accuses the liquidation of civilians
Middle East Last Updated Thursday, February 27, 2014; 12:19 (GMT +0400)
File photo of the elements of the Syrian army
Damascus,
Syria (CNN) - denied Syrian opposition health as reported in the media
Syrian official killed 175 component of the armed groups fighting the
regime of President Bashar al-Assad in an ambush of the army in Rural
Damascus, stressing that the dead were civilians who were trying to
escape from the suffocating siege imposed on the region.
A statement issued by the Information Office's "Army of Islam", one of
the largest gatherings of military opposition to Assad, said that
regular troops had killed civilians who were trying to flee from Gota
means irregular, the statement added: "We hold the regime Alnasiri full
responsibility for the crime, which was the majority of the victims were
civilians who were trying to escape from the hell of the siege. "
The "Army of Islam" the absence of any of its elements among the dead,
who said the Syrian official media said, including a large number of
foreigners, also confirmed that he was not involved in the process of
the transfer of civilians.
For his part, issued a so-called "office jurist unified in East Gouta"
said in a statement that a group of people of East Gouta the more than
175 people, tried to get out of the Gota that the imposition of the
blockade and so by Otaiba and that lead to the outside Gota, but forces
government ", accompanied by Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas and some
brigade of the Iraqi Abu al Fadl al Abbas has ambushed them prior
planning."
The bureau added in his statement that can not be told CNN
confirm the authenticity independently: "After committing these crimes
against humanity, the regime put heavy weapons, medium and bring the
media that follow him to falsify the fact of the martyrs and the claim
that they are fighters Front victory and the Brigades of the Islamic
Arab nationalities and foreign . "
The Syrian authorities announced Wednesday for the killing of 175 of
what it called a "terrorist" campaign, most of them Saudi nationality
and country and Chechen, and that in the process of the Syrian army in
the region of East Gouta, Rural Damascus.
A report posted on the official Syrian news agency on the lips of a
field commander of the army, saying: "The unity of our troops spotted
the terrorists from the front of the victory and so-called brigade Islam
while traveling on the axis Alnchabah Midaa Adra Industrial conscience
well reeds Jordan and caused more than 175 people, including and wounded
others . "
"This operation comes as a result of cracking down on armed terrorist
groups in East Gouta and ready military units to prevent terrorists from
sneaking toward East Gouta."
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