0:08 unnamed man: An Assad’s criminal gang was caught in Idlib. It was sent by the Militrary Security Branch (one of Assad’s various security apparatuses) and was planning to set a number of car bombs in the liberated areas in northern Idlib. They were taken to the Sharia Court. The car bombs were to be put near mosques. The truck bomb was detonated in a remote area.

0:15 I am Alaa’ Muhammed al-Basha (علاء محمد الباشا) from the town of Binnish (بنش). The Military Security Branch in Idilib tempted us by money and gave each one of us SYP 100.000 to park a Kia truck bomb near a mosque in al-Dana (الدانة). The truck was loaded with more than three tons of explosives. (He mentions the same number on the plate of the truck)

0:51 the cameraman explains how the explosives were hidden in a box made of metal plates and that the truck looks empty.

2:10 he shows the fuse

2:35 the truck bomb will be detonated because it was too difficult to defuse the bomb.

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Today the following video was posted online by the Syrian Islamic FrontThe video shows a brief statement on what the video shows, followed by the confession of one of the men involvedThis incident follows another reported series of arrests in the town of Morek (مورك) near Hama on September 24th where it was claimed three men were arrested planting the following devices in an attempt to kill opposition commanders ( source The use of IEDs by the Syrian army seems to have become increasingly widespread in the past year, with a number of examples being posted online (see here ), and it's not the first time a car bomb has been allegedly used to target a mosque, with this example from July 2012 . As always, it should be made clear it's difficult to independently verify the claims made the the opposition in these circumstances.