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Monday 25 May 2015 - 14:01 Makkah mean time-7-8-1436
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Homs (IINA) – The Islamic State (IS) extremist group has executed at least 217 people, including civilians, in and around the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra (Tadmour) in the last nine days, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The Observatory on Sunday said it had documented the executions of 67 civilians, including children, and 150 regime forces by IS extremists in different parts of Homs province since May 16.
“The Observatory has confirmed that the Islamic State has executed 67 civilians, including 14 children and 12 women in Sukhnah and Al-Amiriyah, the outskirts of the Officers’ Housing and Palmyra,” said the Britain-based group, referring to several areas in the east of Homs province.
“IS also executed more than 150 members of the army, National Defense Forces and Popular Committees (pro-regime militias) and others accused of being informers loyal to the regime,” the Observatory added.
Observatory Director Rami Abdel Rahman said whole families had been executed, including children along with their parents. “Most of the deaths were in Palmyra, some of the executions were shootings, others were killed with knives and beheading,” he told AFP.
The toll from the Observatory came hours after Syrian state media said IS had carried out a “massacre” in Palmyra, slaughtering some 400 civilians, mostly women and children. The Observatory said the executions came in the days after IS began a sweep into Homs from their stronghold in neighboring Deir Ezzor province.
The Observatory said 600 other people had been taken prisoners by IS during their sweep through the area, among them regime forces and pro-government militants, as well as civilians accused of ties with the regime.
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