A man carries a child and a sack representing a dead body during a demonstration against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Binsh near Idlib . (Reuters)
A senior Syrian military officer decided to defect and join opposition forces after witnessing hundreds of pro-regime militiamen massacring more than 100 civilians in the town of Houla one week ago, a newspaper reported on Saturday.
The Houla massacre, which has been singled out as the worst single atrocity of the Syrian uprising, heightened the international community’s anger against the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. The killings occurred despite a ceasefire agreement between the Syrian regime, opposition forces and the United Nations.
Syria’s envoy to the United Nations, Bashar al-Jaafari, however, blamed terrorist groups as responsible for the massacre in which 49 children and at least 20 women were among the dead.
The Houla massacre, which has been singled out as the worst single atrocity of the Syrian uprising, heightened the international community’s anger against the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. The killings occurred despite a ceasefire agreement between the Syrian regime, opposition forces and the United Nations.
Syria’s envoy to the United Nations, Bashar al-Jaafari, however, blamed terrorist groups as responsible for the massacre in which 49 children and at least 20 women were among the dead.
However, the witness account of Major Jihad Raslan to the UK-based Observer online newspaper, defied the Syrian government’s propaganda and “made-up” scenarios.
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