'We've been maimed for life': Victims of Syrian security crackdown show horrific injuries inflicted by Assad's forces

Covering their faces to conceal their identity, these Syrian men show appalling injuries they claim were inflicted on them by the country's security forces.

All five men have undergone reconstructive surgeries at Red Crescent Hospital in Amman.

The horrific images of their injuries were taken today and show the human cost of President Bashar Assad's ongoing brutal military crackdown against opposition.


Doctors said they are treating dozens of young Syrians injured during the violence at a hospital run by Paris-based Medecins Sans Frontieres in Amman.    Read More