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part of the attack or which were intended to be part of the attack are crimes against
humanity.
II. Anti-Government armed groups
21.
One interviewee spoke about sexual violence committed by anti-Government armed
groups. A member of the FSA stated that in mid-October in Aleppo he and other FSA
fighters came across a car containing four FSA members from a different unit. In the car
was a young boy who said he had been abducted by them. Upon interrogation, the four FSA
in the car admitted to raping a woman and a girl in Aleppo. The FSA fighters were taken
before a ‘Shari’a court’ in Aleppo. The interviewee commented that “actions like this
proved to be detrimental to the revolution in Aleppo.”
22.
Another FSA fighter from Jobbar stated that there had been incidences of “Alawites
kidnapping Sunni girls” in Baba Amr, a neighbourhood of Homs city. The FSA’s AlFarouk brigade responded by kidnapping Alawite women to exchange for the Sunni girls.
The interviewee stated that the Alawite women are treated well and any mistreatment of
them would be punished.
Findings
23.
Based on limited information received, it was not possible to reach a finding
concerning crimes of sexual violence committed by anti-Government armed groups.
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