September 19, 2015

Activists: Al-Qaida fighters kill 45 Syrian army prisoners

BEIRUT (AP) - Members of al-Qaida's affiliate in Syria have shot dead at least 45 soldiers captured from a base in northwestern Syria last week, activists said Saturday.

Such killings of captured troops have been a common practice of the Islamic State group. However al-Qaida's branch in Syria, known as ...

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