The Islamic State group has executed more than 3,000 people in Syria, including hundreds of civilians, in the year since it declared its self-described “caliphate,” a monitor says.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based group monitoring Syria’s conflict, says it had documented 3,027 executions by IS since June 29, 2014.
Screen capture from video allegedly showing Islamic State militants marching captive Iraqis to their mass execution in Tikrit, April 2014. (screen capture: YouTube/Bengal Newz)
Among those executed are 1,787 civilians, including 74 children, says the Observatory.
Members of Sunni Shaitat tribe account for around half of the civilians murdered.
— AFP
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