THE bodies of at least 68 young men and boys, all executed with a single gunshot to the head or neck, have been found in a river in the Syrian city of Aleppo, a watchdog and rebels say.
A Free Syrian Army captain at the scene on Tuesday said at least 68 bodies had been found and that many more were still being dragged from the water in a rebel-held area.
The bodies were found in the Quweiq River, which separates the Bustan al-Qasr district from Ansari in the southwest of the city, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
"We have recovered 68 bodies, some of them just teens," said Captain Abu Sada, adding that all of them had been "executed by the regime".
"There must be more than 100. There are still many in the water, and we are trying to recover them."
A volunteer said as he helped load one of the bodies on a truck: "We don't know who they are because there was no ID."
Meanwhile rebels have captured a vital bridge across the Euphrates river in the eastern city of Deir Ezzor that could cut off regime supplies to the adjoining province of Hasakeh.
The observatory said the seizing of the Siyasiyeh bridge and another smaller bridge in Deir Ezzor triggered retaliatory air strikes from the regime forces.
"Siyasiyeh bridge is the most important in the area as it connects Deir Ezzor to Hasakeh. Its capture means that army supplies to Hasakeh will be nearly completely severed," observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP by telephone.
"These gains in Deir Ezzor are very important because this strategic city is the gateway to a region rich in oil and gas resources," said Abdel Rahman.
The regime of President Bashar al-Assad still controls the military airport of Deir Ezzor, the provincial capital of the province of the same name, as well as a number of smaller posts and a scout camp turned army base.
"If the rebels continue to progress and gain control of what is left of military-held posts, the Pioneers camp and Deir Ezzor military airport, it will be the first major city to fall into the hands of the rebels," Abdel Rahman said.
Regime troops have been forced from a vast territory stretching from the provincial capital to the Iraqi border, including the border town of Albu Kamal and its small military airbase.
The observatory, which compiles its data from a network of activists and medics in civilian and military hospitals said 152 people - 74 civilians, 47 rebels and 31 soldiers - were killed nationwide on Monday.
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