Unrest

Horrific video shows rebel eating Syrian government soldier's heart

Washington: A ghastly video posted online shows how barbaric the Syrian civil war can be. A rebel fighter is seen carving into the body of a Syrian government soldier, cutting out his heart and liver, putting the heart in his mouth and taking a bite, CNN has reported. "I swear to God we will eat your hearts out, you soldiers of Bashar. You dogs. God is greater! Heroes of Baba Amr.. we will take out their hearts to eat them" the rebel fighter was quoted as saying.

A group loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad posted the video online. The group described the mutilation as a "crime that crosses all lines". The sentiment was shared by the main opposition alliance, which described the act as "horrific and inhumane".

Rebels who are seeking to oust the government of President Assad are backed financially and militarily by the West. "The Syrian Coalition strongly condemns this act, if it is revealed to be true. The coalition stresses that such an act contradicts the morals of the Syrian people, as well as the values and principles of the (rebel) Free Syrian Army," the dissident group said in a statement.

Though CNN could not verify the authenticity of the video, it interviewed a rebel spokesman who confirmed the incident and said he spoke to the man in the footage. Tariq al Sayed, spokesman from the Homs city neighbourhood of Baba Amr, said he is a friend of the rebel shown in 

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