According to Kordpress, some armed men are standing among the ruins of a neighborhood that has been under heavy fire for several days. The sound of crushing concrete and rebar echoes under their boots. The eyes are fixed on the third floor of a smoke-filled building; The mobile phone is recording.

."Throw him down…throw him down!" one of the men yelled

hits Above them, a gunman grabs the lifeless body of a woman by the arm and immediately throws her outside. The body falls from the side of the collapsed floors and upon hitting the debris, a cloud of dust rises.

Men shout in unison: "Allah Akbar". Then they rush towards the body. The cameraman says: "It was a pig, shame on it." And then, in a calmer tone, he pans to the two young men hugging each other: "Thank God you're safe, comrades.

This video, which was recorded on January 10, 2026 in the predominantly Kurdish neighborhood of Sheikh Maqsood - in Aleppo, became one of the most viewed images of the recent clashes between the forces affiliated with the Syrian Transitional Government and the Kurdish forces. Syrian and international human rights organizations have called for an immediate investigation and emphasize that these images are a sign of humiliating and inhumane behavior and possibly a war crime.

The Syrian Ministry of Defense generally accepted the occurrence of "violations" and announced that the military police had registered and followed up on some cases. It is also forbidden to publish content recorded by the military on social networks. However, this ministry and the Ministry of Interior have not answered specific questions about these incidents until the publication of this report.

Human rights organizations warn that without independent investigations and real accountability, these actions will not be the exception, but part of an institutionalized pattern of violence and impunity.