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Daesh executes over 50 people in northern Syrian villages: Group

Thursday, 18 May 2017 6:03 PM [ Last Update: Thursday, 18 May 2017 6:24 PM ]

In this file photo, Daesh Takfiri terrorists are seen parading along a street in the town of Tal Abyad in the northern Syrian province of Raqqah.

Members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group have executed more than 50 people in Syria’s central province of Hama as they continue to lose more ground in battles against government forces and allied popular fighters.

The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that at least 15 civilians and 27 pro-government fighters were killed when Daesh terrorists launched attacks against the villages of Aqarib al-Safi and al-Mabujeh on Thursday.

Most of the civilians had been beheaded and mutilated, the Britain-based group said, noting that another 10 bodies were yet to be identified as pro-government fighters or local residents.

It added that 15 Daesh militants were also killed in the dawn attack on the two villages.

Syria’s official news agency, SANA, reported that Syrian army forces and allied fighters had managed to repulse the attack on Aqarib al-Safi village and drive Daesh extremists away.

In March 2015, Daesh executed at least 37 civilians and kidnapped 50 others, half of them women, during an assault on the village.

Syria has been fighting different foreign-sponsored militant and terrorist groups since March 2011. United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura estimated last August that more than 400,000 people had been killed in the crisis until then.

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