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Photographs taken Monday during an event held in the war-torn city of Douma show at least 15 children huddled inside a cage holding signs and wearing orange jumpsuits as a flaming torch is held nearby.
Jordanian pilot Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh was captured in December, and last month was filmed being burned alive inside a cage by ISIS extremists. He was a member of the US-led coalition that has targeted the Islamic State around Syria and Iraq.
The publicity stunt was meant to compare alleged atrocities committed by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to the horrifying executions that ISIS has carried out in recent months, Reuters reports.
“We saw your media when the Jordanian pilot was burned, but we don’t see your media when the children of Douma are burned,” read a sign held by one of the children inside the cage.
During the first 10 days of February, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that 183 people were killed during regime airstrikes against the rebel-held city, including 55 women and children, according to Lebanese newspaper The Daily Star.
The lack of international action against the targeting of civilians has been a major issue among activists.
In order to send a message to Assad, the pro-rebel forces staged their protest at the site of a recent airstrike in Douma that wiped out several dozen civilians, many of them children, The Daily Star reports.
Syrian rebel groups have vowed to ramp up their rocket attacks against Assad and his forces in a bid to “avenge” the recent onslaught.



