What kind of a monster does this, and what kind of a monster props up a man who does this?

Syria chemical attack: Father says goodbye to twin babies killed in Idlib strike.
The grief-stricken father cradled his nine-month-old twins, Aya and Ahmed, each in the crook of an arm.
Stroking their hair, he choked back tears, mumbling, “Say goodbye, baby, say goodbye” to their lifeless bodies.
Then Abdel Hameed Alyousef took them to a mass grave where 22 members of his family were being buried.
Each branch of the clan got its own trench.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 69491.html