ISIS Kills 700 Prisoners in East Syria: Syrian Observatory

ISIS Kills 700 Prisoners in East Syria: Syrian Observatory
A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) holding his rifle in Hajin, in the Deir Ezzor province, eastern Syria, on Dec. 15, 2018. Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty Images
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BEIRUT—The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Dec. 19, that the ISIS terrorist group had executed nearly 700 prisoners in nearly two months in eastern Syria.

The UK-based war monitoring group said the prisoners were among 1,350 civilians and fighters that ISIS had been holding in territory near the Iraqi border.