BEIRUT: The Islamic State group killed 116 people it suspected of collaborating with the Syrian regime in Al-Qaryatain this month before losing the desert down to government forces, a monitor said on Monday. Regime forces retook Al-Qaryatain, which lies in the central Homs province, on Saturday, three weeks after the jihadists seized control of it. IS had first occupied the town in 2015 and lost it to a Russian-backed Syria forces last year. “After the regime retook it (on Saturday), the town’s residents found the bodies on the streets. The majority of those killed were executed in the last two days before IS lost the town again, he added.

Source: Manila Times October 23, 2017 09:11 UTC