IN SYRIA, A MUTILATED CORPSE, VIDEO EVIDENCE, AND NEW SCRUTINY FOR RUSSIAN MERCENARIES

Sat 23 November 2019: The graphic video shows four men in camouflage gear exchanging jokes in unaccented Russian as they pour flammable liquid over a man’s mutilated corpse strung up on two wooden beams. Before setting it alight and watching it burn as they pose for the camera, they scrawl a Russian phrase praising the … Continue reading IN SYRIA, A MUTILATED CORPSE, VIDEO EVIDENCE, AND NEW SCRUTINY FOR RUSSIAN MERCENARIES