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Breaking News – Islamic State ‘Executes 25 Men In Palmyra’
A video apparently released by the Islamic State group shows 25 men being shot dead in the ancient city of Palmyra, in Syria.
IS explained the men were soldiers caught in the city of Homs.
They were shot dead inside Palmyra’s amphitheatre.
Stills from the video demonstrated the killers to be young males, perhaps even as young as 13 or 14.
IS snagged the site and the neighbouring city of Palmyra in late May.
The video was dispersed by accounts known to be connected with Islamic State militants. It is not apparent when it was filmed.
The killings happened on a stage at the front of the amphitheatre before a large black IS flag.
Several hundred men in civilian attire are filmed sitting on steps viewing the shootings. Among them was a young boy.
In close-up shots of the men waiting to be killed, they seem to have been pummeled on the face.
Days after IS claimed Palmyra, it executed 20 men in the same amphitheatre.
At the time, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights mentioned locals near the site were rounded up and compelled to watch the killings.
In May, Mamoun Abdelkarim, Syria’s head of antiquities, stated: “Using the Roman theatre to execute people proves that these people are against humanity.”
Mr. Abdulkarim stated most of the museum’s antiquities had been transferred to Damascus prior to IS approaching the city.
Since then, there have been information that mines have been placed among some of Palmyra’s ruins, and there were remarks this week that militants demolished an ancient sculpture outside Palmyra’s museum.
Since acquiring the city, IS has also taken control of a military airbase and a well known prison nearby.
The ancient ruins are located in a strategically important area on the road between the capital, Damascus, and the fought for eastern city of Deir al-Zour.
Fighters with IS began claiming vast swathes of Syria and Iraq in 2014, assisted in part by the insecurity generated by Syria’s civil war.
More than 230,000 Syrians have perished in the war, which began after President Bashar al-Assad’s forces tried to put down anti-government protests in March 2011.
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Source: http://fusionlacedillusions.com/2015/07/04/breaking-news-islamic-state-executes-25-men-in-palmyra/
