( CNN ) -- War and humor make strange bedfellows , but in the absurdity of Syria 's nearly three-year civil war , one town has made laughter a form of resistance . From caricatures of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with a skunk 's body and chemical weapons smoking from his bottom to posters reading `` Rebuilding houses takes some time , but humanizing ASSad can never happen '' the northern town of Kafr Nabl has gained fame for its satirical portrayal of the conflict . `` Laughter means life . We want to live and we need to live . We need to send a message to the world that we are human and we want to live , '' said Raed Fares , head of the opposition Kafr Nabl media center . In its latest comedic production , an amateur cast of activists , civilians and Free Syria Army rebels dressed like cavemen and mocked the inaction of the international community in a video called `` Kafranbel : The Syrian Revolution in Three Minutes . '' `` I thought it would be good to use cavemen because of the language . I do n't need to translate or say anything ; everybody all over the world can understand without talking , '' said Fares , who produced and directed the video . In the first two scenes , the cavemen demonstrate against al-Assad only to be killed first by gunfire then by TNT , but when the oppressors fire chemical weapons , previously uninterested bystanders representing the international community intervene to confiscate the gas . In the final scene , the killing continues sans chemical weapons and with approving thumps from the international community . `` Something was very wrong with ( President Barack ) Obama 's actions that he will strike Assad just to get rid of chemical weapons . It was like he was arresting the weapons and letting the criminal go free , '' Fares said . The media-savvy group received tens of thousands of views for its latest production and boasts a large audience on Facebook , where its members post pictures of the caustic placards carried in the group 's weekly Friday demonstrations against the government . `` I do n't trust governments all over the world anymore . I trust people , so I try to touch the people all over the world and explain our revolution . That it 's not like the regime keeps trying to show it like a civil war or a war against terrorism . We are humans who need our freedom and our dignity , but he killed us , '' Fares said .
People in northern Syrian town mock al - Assad with satirical posters , videos . He says it shows ' ` ` we are human and we deserve to live '' Latest video features civilians and Free Syria Army rebels dressed like him .