Syria rebels threaten to execute Iranians

October 06, 2012 00:47

Rebel fighters will execute dozens of Iranians they kidnapped in August unless Syria's army withdraws from the embattled Eastern Ghuta area of Damascus province, a rebel commander said today.

"We gave the regime 48 hours starting yesterday to withdraw completely from the Eastern Ghuta area," Abul Wafa, commander of the rebels' Revolutionary Military Council in Damascus province, told AFP via the Internet. "We also have other secret, military demands.

If the regime does not fulfill them we will start finishing off the hostages," warned Abul Wafa. It is the second time the rebels have issued such a threat against the Iranian hostages.

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