Two days after Syrian government forces shelled a rebel-held suburb of the capital, Damascus, killing at least 40 people in a market, according to antigovernment activists , Islamist rebels in the area unveiled a plan to use caged prisoners as human shields to prevent further bombardment. Continue reading the main story Video of caged prisoners being paraded through the Damascus suburbs posted online by Syrian opposition activists. ShaamNetwork, via YouTube The threat was accompanied by video clips and photographs posted on social networks under the hashtag “ Cages of Protection ,” which offered the macabre spectacle of male and female prisoners being driven through the streets of Douma, in the Eastern Ghouta region outside Damascus. Continue reading the main story Interviews with caged prisoners in a rebel-held suburb of Damascus posted online Sunday by a Syrian satellite channel. Orient News, via YouTube According to Baraa Abdulrahman, a media activist […]