Syria: Three brothers arrested for executing 15 civilians after forcing them to chant pro-Assad slogans

The Syrian Ministry of Interior announced the arrest of three brothers wanted for their involvement in a mass-execution massacre of unarmed civilians during the rule of the Assad regime. The suspects are Akram Shama, Farzat Shama, and Ghiath Shama. The ministry stated today that investigations, based on evidence, circumstantial clues, and video footage documenting the crime, revealed the three detainees’ involvement in the detention and subsequent execution of fifteen civilians during the Syrian uprising. The suspects admitted direct responsibility for the video that documented the crime, which showed the victims with their hands bound and their eyes covered, after they were forced at gunpoint to chant slogans in support of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The accused then carried out a mass shooting, killing all of them.