In other news from Syria, Human Rights Watch has released video of a Syrian refugee describing military attacks on civilians.

Khaled: “And in front of us, they started to beat them with the butt of their Kalashnikovs. They started beating their bodies, their legs and their heads. After they tortured them and all that, a general and a lieutenant-general came and gave the order to open fire on the soldiers dissenting from the Syrian army. They started to shoot at them. There were about four soldiers, and each shot about 30 bullets.”

On Monday, Human Rights Watch released a report titled “In Cold Blood: Summary Executions by Syrian Security Forces and Pro-Government Militias.” This is Tom Porteous of Human Rights Watch.

Tom Porteous: “These are very serious abuses. They are violations of international human rights law, and it’s a complete shame that this kind of thing is taking place. Some of the incidents that we’ve documented are really quite blood-curdling.”