A human
rights group has claimed that Daesh executed at least 128 Syrian
civilians in the town of Al-Qaryatayn, which has been traded between
the militant group and the Syrian Arab Army multiple times. The
civilians were massacred in reprisal for collaborating with the
government of Bashar al-Assad.
The
Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported
that the killings occurred over a 20 day period. The Syrian army
retook the city in April 2016 after eight months of Daesh occupation.
However, Daesh chased the government forces out on October 1 — but
the Syrian army regrouped and returned three weeks later, recapturing
the city once more with support from Russian airstrikes.
But in
that three-week period, Daesh executed 128 residents of the town,
which had a population of about 18,000 before the civil war started.
The Palmyra Coordination Committee, a local group that supports
protest and resistance against the Syrian government, reported that
at least 35 of the slain were found with their bodies dumped in a
mine shaft.
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