Violence, an excuse for meddling in Syria [Webster Tarpley © PressTV]

The ongoing wave of terror and brutal mass killings carried out by the armed rebels in Syria is a sign of their 'acute weakness', says a prominent Analyst.

The remarks come as a grisly video footage that has recently gone viral on the web shows foreign-backed insurgents killing the Syrian soldiers execution-style at a checkpoint in the crisis-hit country. In the footage, which was reportedly filmed at Hamisho checkpoint west of the northwestern city of Saraqeb, the insurgents beat about 10 soldiers before executing them with automatic rifles.

Press TV has conducted an interview with the Washington-based Author and Historian Webster Griffin Tarpley to get his perspective on the issue at hand.