Local Editor
There in Syria, al-Qaeda militants returned the country to middle ages.
A conclusion that was drawn by Time reporter, Patrick Witty.
Under the title, Witness to a Syrian Execution: "I Saw a Scene of Utter Cruelty", Witty reported:
What follows is a harrowing series of photographs of militants publicly executing, by decapitation, a young Syrian in the town of Keferghan, near Aleppo, on August 31, 2013.
Because of the danger in reporting inside Syria, it was not possible to confirm the identity of the victim. Nor are we certain about the motivation of his killers. One eyewitness who lives in the area and was contacted by TIME a week after the beheadings said that the executioners were from ISIS, an Al-Qaeda franchise operating in Syria and Iraq
