Amnesty International states Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki is involved in the abducton and torture of journatists and humanitarian workers in rebel held Aleppo during.
According to Al-Jazeera, the boy, captured by the Nour al-Din al-Zinki Movement, claimed he was an enemy soldier:
Before the gruesome murder, the men accuse the boy of being a member of the Liwa al-Quds (Jerusalem brigade), a Palestinian armed group fighting alongside Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government.
The Jerusalem brigade posted a statement on its official Facebook page on Wednesday, identifying the boy as 12-year-old Abdullah Issa, who they said was not a fighter.
“He lived in al-Mashhad [Aleppo] with his family, among multiple poor families that live in the area under the control of terrorists,” read the statement, adding that the boy was ill.
“By taking one glance at the child – the argument that he was a fighter is immediately disapproved,” the group said.
Source: The Right Scoop
The response from the State Dept:
Time to add “accessory to murder” to his list of charges
OMG! How cruel!