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| The '''Tadamon massacre'''<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 April 2022 |title=Apparent Massacre in Tadamon |url=https://www.state.gov/apparent-massacre-in-tadamon/ |website=]}}</ref> |
The '''Tadamon massacre'''<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 April 2022 |title=Apparent Massacre in Tadamon |url=https://www.state.gov/apparent-massacre-in-tadamon/ |website=]}}</ref> took place in the ] neighbourhood of the Syrian capital of ],<ref name="The Guardian 27-4-2022">{{Cite news |date=27 April 2022 |title=Massacre in Tadamon: How two academics hunted down a Syrian war criminal |work=] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/27/massacre-in-tadamon-how-two-academics-hunted-down-a-syrian-war-criminal}}</ref> on 16 April 2013 during the ]. Soldiers affiliated with the ], specifically Branch 227 of the Military Intelligence Division,<ref name="The Guardian 27-4-2022" /> killed more than 280 civilians who were taken to one of the isolated neighborhoods of Damascus, and they were executed one after the other in a mass grave that had been prepared in advance, as first reported by the American '']'' in 2022 and an investigation by the British newspaper '']''.<ref name="The Guardian 27-4-2022" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=29 April 2022 |title=Assad regime executes dozens of civilians in Syria, video shows |work=] |url=https://www.dailysabah.com/politics/war-on-terror/assad-regime-executes-dozens-of-civilians-in-syria-video-shows}}</ref> | ||
| ==Background== | ==Background== | ||
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| Tadamon massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Syrian civil war | |
| Location | Tadamon, Damascus, Syria |
| Date | April 16, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-04-16) |
| Attack type | Massacre |
| Deaths | 280+ |
| Perpetrators |  Syrian Arab Republic |
The Tadamon massacre took place in the Tadamon neighbourhood of the Syrian capital of Damascus, on 16 April 2013 during the Syrian civil war. Soldiers affiliated with the Syrian Armed Forces, specifically Branch 227 of the Military Intelligence Division, killed more than 280 civilians who were taken to one of the isolated neighborhoods of Damascus, and they were executed one after the other in a mass grave that had been prepared in advance, as first reported by the American New Lines Magazine in 2022 and an investigation by the British newspaper The Guardian.
Background
The massacre took place on 16 April 2013, when the rebel factions were preparing to enter the capital, Damascus, and start the battle to overthrow the regime. At that time, the Syrian regime forces controlled two-thirds of the Al-Tadamon neighborhood, while the opposition controlled the rest of the neighborhood. The massacre took place in the southeastern part of the neighborhood, specifically in an area that was close to the line of contact with the opposition on Daaboul Street, opposite the Othman Mosque.
Massacre
The massacre took place on 16 April 2013, when soldiers affiliated with the Syrian regime executed 41 people near the Othman Mosque in the Tadamon neighborhood, by throwing them into a hole prepared in advance in the middle of an uninhabited street. After they finished shooting the victims one by one, the regime soldiers set the bodies of the victims on fire by burning tires that had been previously placed at the bottom of the pit. The whole massacre took place in one day, and the soldiers filmed the details of the murders in full. During the executions, the victims' eyes were blindfolded with either duct tape or plastic wrap, and their hands were tied with a plastic strap usually used to collect and fix electrical cables.
Leaked footage and investigation
Footage of the executions was leaked onto the internet in April 2022, showing two men dressed in Syrian Army uniforms leading men to a pre-dug pit in a street, shortly before shooting them one at a time and then leaving the bodies in the pit. On 27 April 2022, the British newspaper The Guardian published a lengthy investigation describing the details of the massacre and several excerpts from the recording. The perpetrators were identified, following an investigation, as warrant-officer Amjad Youssef and NDF militiaman Najib al-Halabi, who himself was killed later in the war. During the video of the massacre one of the soldiers carrying out the executions addresses the camera lens, addressing his boss in the Syrian dialect, saying, "For your eyes, teacher, and for the eyes of the oil suit you did not wear." Amjad joined the Military Intelligence School located in the Maysaloun area in the Dimas suburb of Damascus in 2004, where he spent nine months of intensive training. In 2011 he joined Branch 227 of the Syrian Military Intelligence, notorious for being responsible for the arrest, torture and killing of a number of political opponents of the regime.
References
- "Apparent Massacre in Tadamon". state.gov. 29 April 2022.
- ^ "Massacre in Tadamon: How two academics hunted down a Syrian war criminal". The Guardian. 27 April 2022.
- "Assad regime executes dozens of civilians in Syria, video shows". Daily Sabah. 29 April 2022.
- Chulov, Martin; Chulani, Nikhita; Cvorak, Monika; Lamborn, Katie (27 April 2022). "A hidden war crime: Footage sheds light on horrors of war in Syria – video explainer". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 29 April 2022.
- "New video shows Assad regime executed dozens of civilians in Syria". Anadolu Agency.
- "How a Massacre of Nearly 300 in Syria Was Revealed". New Lines Magazine. 27 April 2022.
- "Syrian opposition reveals details of horrific massacre". The New Arab. 28 April 2022.
- "Massacre in Tadamon". Cartoon Movement.
- "Outrage on Qatar's social media after release of harrowing footage from Tadamon Massacre". Doha News. 1 May 2022.
- "Al-Tadamon massacre". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 28 April 2022.
- "Angry Syrians Demand 'Holding Regime Accountable' for Tadamon Massacre". Asharq Al-Awsat.
