Al-Qaeda arm in Syria executes 14 ‘pro-government forces’

The al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front has executed 14 captives it accused of fighting for the Syrian government in retaliation against army gains near the capital, Damascus.

The terrorist group released a video on its social media accounts on Thursday that showed 14 men kneeling in front of Takfiri Nusra militants and stating their names before being shot in the head.

A text on the video read that the executions were meant to avenge a recent attack by Syrian forces on Harira Village in Wadi Barada in the southwestern Qalamun region.

Wadi Barada is mostly controlled by different Takfiri militant groups, including the al-Nusra Front.

The militants had threatened in a previous video that they would kill the captives if the Syrian military and its allies enter Harira.

The Nusra Front has a record of executing government forces in the face of the losses it suffers on the battlefield.

Last September, 56 such Syrian forces were executed at a military airport in the northwestern Idlib province.

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