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Islamic State militant 'killed his own mother in Syria' Islamic State militant 'killed his own mother in Syria'
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An Islamic State militant executed his mother in public in the Syrian city of Raqqa because she had encouraged him to leave the group, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. An Islamic State militant murdered his mother in public in the Syrian city of Raqqa because she had encouraged him to leave the group, according to Syrian human rights groups.
The woman in her 40s had warned her son that a US-backed alliance would wipe out Isis and had encouraged him to leave the city with her.The woman in her 40s had warned her son that a US-backed alliance would wipe out Isis and had encouraged him to leave the city with her.
She was detained after he informed the group of her comments, according to the British-based Observatory, which monitors the war through a network of sources on the ground. She was detained after he informed the group of her comments, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based group that monitors the war through a network of sources on the ground.
Citing local sources, the Observatory said the 20-year-old man killed his mother on Wednesday near the post office building where she worked in front of hundreds of people in Raqqa, a main base of operations for the group in Syria.Citing local sources, the Observatory said the 20-year-old man killed his mother on Wednesday near the post office building where she worked in front of hundreds of people in Raqqa, a main base of operations for the group in Syria.
Isis, which controls large swaths of Syria and Iraq, has killed hundreds of people it has accused of working with its enemies or breaching of its ultra-conservative interpretation of Islam. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, an activist group documenting atrocities committed by Isis and the Assad regime in Raqqa, also reported the murder on social media, naming the killer as an Isis militant called Ali Saqr.
In a series of posts in both English and Arabic, the activists reported on the public killing and said her “crime” had been apostasy.
1-#Raqqa Leena Al-Qasem (35 years) executor was her son Ali Saqr (born 1995) a member of #ISIS. Photo for him #Syria pic.twitter.com/cFEv0tshTS
Isis, which controls large swaths of Syria and Iraq, has killed hundreds of people it has accused of working with its enemies or breaching its ultra-conservative interpretation of Islam.
The Observatory reported on 29 December that Isis had killed more than 2,000 Syrian civilians in the 18 months since it declared a “caliphate” over the territory it controls in Syria and Iraq. They included people killed on the grounds of homosexuality, practising magic and apostasy.The Observatory reported on 29 December that Isis had killed more than 2,000 Syrian civilians in the 18 months since it declared a “caliphate” over the territory it controls in Syria and Iraq. They included people killed on the grounds of homosexuality, practising magic and apostasy.
It was not possible to independently verify the latest report.It was not possible to independently verify the latest report.