Daesh executes 30 civilians in central Syria: activists

Published March 31st, 2015 - 10:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Daesh executed at least 30 civilians, including women and children, in a village in the central Syrian province of Hama, activists told news agencies. 

Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told media Daesh "executed at least 30 people, including women and children, by burning, beheading, and firing on them."

Syrian government forces continue their assault against rebel held areas of Idlib, which was taken by opposition on March 28th. 

Idlib has become the second provincial capital to be seized by rebel forces after Daesh took the city of Raqqa in Syria last year. 

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