Are Syria's rebels guilty of war crimes?

A leading international human rights champion charges that Bashar al-Assad's regime isn't the only organized Syrian group committing crimes against humanity

Free Syrian Army soldiers shoot their weapons toward Syrian Army opposition in Aleppo on Sept. 8.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

Human Rights Watch this week released a stinging report accusing the Free Syrian Army of war crimes, from torture to executing captured government soldiers and other supporters of President Bashar al-Assad's regime. This isn't the first time the international human rights organization has warned that Syrian rebels were committing such abuses, although when the group sounded the alarm in March, it said the alleged culprits didn't appear to be under the control of any of the main opposition groups. Now Human Rights Watch is pointing fingers at the main armed opposition group. Does this mean Syria's pro-democracy "good guys" are as bad as Assad's pariah regime? Here, a brief guide:

What have the rebels allegedly done?

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