Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Jihadists' Rivalries in Syria Result in Violent Executions

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The cellphone video obtained by opposition activists of the execution of a Syrian woman accused of adultery is heartbreaking. Made to kneel as she protests her innocence in front of a gathering crowd of masked armed fighters and curious onlookers in a public square, her executioners then announce her crime and one of them steps forward and kills her with a single fatal shot to the head. Cries of Allahu Akbar greeted the slaying earlier this month, ordered by a religious court in the...

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