Islamist rebels kill 190 and abduct 200

Jihadi-led rebel fighters in Syria killed at least 190 civilians and abducted more than 200 during an offensive against pro-regime villages, committing a war crime, an international human rights group said.

The August 4 attacks on unarmed civilians in more than a dozen villages in the coastal province of Latakia were systematic and could even amount to a crime against humanity, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a 105-page report.

The findings are based on a visit a month later to the area, with permission from the Syrian regime.