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2024-12-11 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
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Member of Syria's infamous Tiger Forces who fed Assad's prisoners to his pet LION is 'publicly executed by rebels'
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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A senior Syrian soldier who used to feed prisoners to his pet lion has reportedly been publicly executed by local rebels.
Talal Dakkak, a feared member of the Syrian Army's elite 25th Division - also known as the Tiger Forces - has been killed by local militia in the western city of Hama, according to media on the ground.
Videos posted to X on Tuesday claimed to show preparations being made for Dakkak's execution, although his death has not been officially verified.
It's said he was going to be killed in front of a crowd - a plan set for senior members of the Syrian Army by local rebel militia.
The brutal enforcer, also known as Abu Sakhr, was one of Syria's most notorious army leaders and powerful businessmen in Hama and at one point led a 1,500-strong militia of the Air Force Intelligence.
He gained notoriety after allegedly stealing a lion cub from a zoo and feeding it with the bodies of his prisoners, according to an article from The Syrian Observer in 2019.
Dakkak also reportedly filmed the cub demolishing a live horse before posting the footage on social media.
He is responsible for several other horrific criminal acts, including kidnapping, killing and organ trade the article adds. Dakkak was also reportedly involved in smuggling and selling unregistered vehicles and trading narcotics.
The former taxi driver is thought to be one of a number of senior army members to have been captured by the rebels after the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's longstanding regime.
A Syria war monitor said on Tuesday that Islamic State group jihadists killed 54 government soldiers who were fleeing as Islamist-led rebels pressed an offensive. ISIS jihadists captured 'personnel fleeing military service in the dessert... during the collapse of the regime' of president Bashar al-Assad and 'executed 54' of them in the Sukhna area in the Homs desert, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Syrian rebel groups capped off their lightning offensive against government forces this weekend when they seized the capital city Damascus, marking an end to al-Assad's longstanding regime. The president's last-ditch escape to Russia to avoid certain death at the hands of the rebels marked the end of some five decades of the al-Assad family's dynastic rule - and the end of a brutal 14-year civil war.
Syria's new interim leader Mohammed al-Bashir announced on Tuesday he was taking charge of the country as caretaker Prime Minister with the backing of the former rebels who toppled al-Assad three days ago. The rebel offensive was led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a Sunni Islamist group that burst out of its stronghold in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib less than two weeks ago.
HTS has its roots in the jihadist al-Qaeda, but since its founding in 2017 has tried to reposition itself as a more moderate Syrian nationalist organisation. Its leader Ahmad al-Sharaa - better known by his nom-de-guerre Abu Mohammed al-Golani (also written Jawlani or Julani) - insists that he will work to create a tolerant, civilised nation where religious and ethnic minorities can live peacefully.
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Posted by Woodrow 2024-12-11 00:00||
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