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IS executes Syrian youth after anti-jihadist protest: NGO
Islamic State fighters executed a youth in a Syrian town Friday, after hundreds of residents demanded they leave following regime air strikes that targeted the jihadists but killed eight civilians, a monitor said. Residents of Ashara, in the mostly IS-controlled eastern province of Deir Ezzor,…
The Observatory said that, on Friday, the IS publicly executed and crucified a young man identified as Ali Khalaf, accusing him of "heresy and apostasy."
"Though he had nothing to do with yesterday's protests, they executed him publicly in Ashara in order to terrorise people into not taking any kind of action against the IS," Abdel Rahman said.
Furati said the jihadists, whose abuses and radical interpretation of Sunni Islam have been widely documented, are vastly unpopular. But, he added, people living under their control are deeply fearful of taking action against them.
"It's like living in a prison," Furati said, using a pseudonym to protect his family from retaliation.
