A Russian-speaking man who filmed the torture and killing of a prisoner in Syria has been identified as a member of Wagner, a Russian private military company with ties to the Kremlin that has aggressively expanded into the Middle East and Africa in recent years.
The Guardian: Man who filmed beheading of Syrian identified as Russian mercenary
Russian troops on patrol with Turkish forces in the countryside of the town of Darbasiyah in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on the border with Turkey, raise a national flag atop an armoured personnel carrier on Nov. 1, 2019.
