New Syria massacre as UN envoy warns of disaster
- Published: 29 Jan 2013 at 19.44
- Online news: World
The man tasked by the United Nations with finding an end to the war in Syria warned Tuesday that the country faces "unprecedented levels of horror" and is on the verge of splintering.
A Syrian man stands next to the bodies of executed men on the side of a canal in the northern city of Aleppo on January 29, 2013. The bodies of 78 young men, all executed with a single gunshot, were found Tuesday in a river in Aleppo city, adding to the grim list of massacres committed during Syria's 22-month conflict.
Even as peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi delivered his grim message to the UN Security Council, rebel fighters in the battlefront city of Aleppo found the bodies of 78 young men, all executed with a single gunshot.
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