An end to Syria's agony - Le Monde diplomatique - English edition

An end to Syria's agony - Le Monde diplomatique - English edition:

The men’s hands are tied tight behind their backs; they lie on concrete floor. The beating comes in sharp bursts as Syrian soldiers kick them in the stomach and batons crunch against heads. A soldier leans forward, amid jeers and laughter, and touches a flame to a prisoner’s head. He writhes and cries out, his hair ablaze. The scene was recorded on a video, one of many showing the brutality of Syria’s civil war, now approaching a third bloody year.

Another video earlier this year showed members of the rebel group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) executing three Syrian soldiers in the eastern city of Raqqa. The men were on their knees and blindfolded. A masked man walked casually behind them, hammering rounds into their heads before a cheering crowd.