Observatory: August Already Bloodiest Month in Syria Revolt
August is already the deadliest single month of the Syria conflict with over 4,000 people killed, a watchdog said Friday, amid increasing macabre reports of dozens of bodies found bound and shot in the head.
At least 3,000 civilians and rebels have been killed in just over three weeks, in addition to 918 soldiers and 38 deserters, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Around 24,500 people have been killed since the uprising erupted in March last year, according to the Britain-based watchdog, while the U.N. puts the death toll at more than 17,000.
Gruesome discoveries of bodies apparently summarily executed have also proliferated, with over 200 unidentified corpses found this month alone, notably in Damascus and the second city of Aleppo in the north, the Observatory said.
On Thursday, more than 50 unidentified bodies were found across Syria, including 14 in a suburb of Damascus, and 21 in Aleppo city and province, the watchdog said. Most were found with their hands bound and shot in the head.
"What is going on is not normal, and it is multiplying," said Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman.
One week ago, opposition factions reported that 65 bodies were found scattered on a rubbish dump in a town near Damascus, claiming the victims had been bound, executed and set on fire by pro-government forces.
The Syrian Revolutionary Command Council issued a poor quality video which showed bodies scattered across rubbish heaps, their limbs splayed apart, and hands tied behind their backs. Many were charred beyond recognition.
Source: Agence France Presse
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