Islamic state group 'executes 700' in syria

Activists say the killings of Sheitat tribesmen ,
many by beheading , happened over the last two
weeks.
The Islamic State group has executed 700
members of a tribe it has been battling
in eastern Syria during the past two weeks, the
majority of them civilians , a human rights
monitoring group said .
The killing spree happened in several villages
inhabited by the al - Sheitat tribe in Deir Ezzor
province, where the tribe are from , the Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights group said on
Saturday.
The Observatory said many of the victims, who
were Sheitat tribesmen , were beheaded after they
were captured by the Islamic State group.
Among the members of the Sheitat tribe killed
were 100 fighters, but the rest were civilians , the
activist group, which opposes Syrian President
Bashar al - Assad, said .
The men were killed in the Ghranij, Abu Hamam
and Kashkiyeh villages of the mainly IS -
controlled province of Deir Ezzor , according to
the Observatory , which relies on a vast network of
activists and medics on the ground for its
information .
Observatory head, Rami Abdel Rahman , said that
the fate of 1 , 800 other members of the tribe was
unknown.
On Saturday , the opposition Syrian National
Council ( SNC) called on the United States and its
allies to conduct air strikes in Syria against the
Islamic State group, similar to those being
carried out against the same group 's positions in
neighbouring Iraq .
During a press conference in Turkey SNC leader ,
Hadi al - Bahra, accused the international
community of double standards .
"The silence of the international community is
unbelievable, " he said . "There is no excuse for
them to keep a blind eye on what is happening in
Syria. We have reports supported by documents
and videos that crimes in Deir Ezzor against
humanity are being committed by IS on a daily
basis" .
Grisly footage
Gruesome videos have surfaced online purporting
to be of the beheadings in several Sheitat
villages. The footage showed men laughing and
mocking the victims by mimicking goats as they
performed the executions .
Some of those killed were said to be injured men
who had fought against the Islamic State group.
Reports suggested IS fighters dragged the men
from the nearby Hujein hospital and the New
Medical Center in neighboring Mayadeen City
before cutting off their heads.
The killings happened after failed negotiations
between the two sides , and after Sheitat tribal
elders openly refused to pledge allegiance to the
Islamic State .
Last Sunday , one Sheitat leader urged all IS
fighters to repent to God and abandon
the group . He called on IS fighters to follow " the
religion of mercy" and abandon what he
described as "the cattle of the deviant" .
The tribesmen then killed some IS fighters and
displayed their bodies in Sheitat.
In a separate development on Saturday , at least
22 people were killed when a car bomb went off
in a southern Syrian province controlled by
armed rebels fighting President Bashar al -
Assad.
The explosion on Saturday happened in front of
a mosque in the rebel -controlled town of Namar
in Deraa Province .
Activists told Al Jazeera that the casualties
included women , and at least one child was
among the dead.