demonstrators he would beat them lock them up and kill them. did not only hear about the crimes committed by the al codes brigade he says he even witnessed some of them. according to him the militia was led by 2 men one of whom was mohammad s. . there appear to be at least 2 groups that are fought in syria under the name of coots one has been mainly active in northern aleppo. we find propaganda videos posted online by the group. on mon mohammed s. takes a reporter from a lebanese broadcaster through the rubble of his neighborhood showing her from where they were shot at and where the fighters had been hiding. the brigade is considered part of the so-called shut behind network of state sponsored militia largely made up of former civilians armed by the regime of bashar