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A video appeared showing the men being put up against a wall after which they are killed in a hail of bullets by fighters wielding Kalashnikovs.
One victim was identified as the head of a clan linked to a feared militia.
The head of the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights condemned the killings as "criminal".
Government forces have been battling to oust Free Syria Army (FSA) rebels from Aleppo, the country's second and biggest city, since they launched an assault last month.
The rebels appear to control large parts of the city despite government assertions that they have suffered heavy losses and are being mopped up by security forces.
The executions seem to have taken place on Tuesday, in what looks like a schoolyard.
In a video which appeared on YouTube, gunmen can be seen leading a number of men in their underwear, some of them bruised or bloodied, into the yard, which is crowded with men shouting religious slogans.
After the half-naked men are put up against a wall, the camera moves back behind the crowd, losing sight of them.
Heavy, sustained gunfire from Kalashnikov assault rifles erupts, after which the camera shows a pile of bodies by the wall.
One of the men killed has been identified as the head of the Berri clan, which has links to the militia known as shabiha.
A BBC Arabic journalist says the shooting were in retaliation for a specific incident earlier on Tuesday when 15 people from the FSA were killed by Berri shabiha, at a time when a temporary truce was supposed to be in force in that part of Aleppo.
Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said of the footage: "This is criminal. This is revenge."
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