The ridiculous propaganda of Anne Barnard on Syria

Here uncritical and ignorant (but sinister) reproduction of the propaganda of Syrian armed groups knows no bound.  No matter how absurd the claims, she dutifully reproduces them in the Times.  Look at this:  "Some died when government forces shelled the fields surrounding the neighborhood, Al Waer, starting on Friday, and others were stabbed to death, said the Local Coordination Committees, an opposition news network with contacts in Syria. The bodies were later set on fire by soldiers and pro-government militias, the activists said....Residents said they were able to identify 10 of the victims as members of two families, including four women and two 11-year-old children."  So regime forces shelled the families, and then stabbed them to death, before incinerating them.  Yet, the "resident" or "activists" were able to identify the bodies after their incineration.  Is critical faculty employed here at all at long last?