ISIS beheads women civilians for first time in Syria
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BEIRUTJun 30, 2015 - 12:00 am GMT+3
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Jun 30, 2015 12:00 am
The self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has beheaded two women in Syria, the first time it has decapitated female civilians, the founder of a group monitoring the war said on Tuesday. The beheadings took place in the eastern Deir al-Zor province. One of the women was beheaded along with her husband in Deir al-Zor city. In al-Mayadeen city to the south east, the group beheaded another woman and her husband. All of them were accused of sorcery, the monitor said.
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