IS kidnaps civilians in Syria, mass executions in Iraq

IS kidnaps civilians in Syria, mass executions in Iraq
Beirut (AFP) Aug 7, 2015 - The Islamic State group kidnapped 230 civilians in central Syria and officials said Friday it had executed more than 2,000 people in northern Iraq's Mosul region alone since last year. A year after a US-led coalition launched an air campaign to destroy IS and the caliphate it proclaimed straddling the two Arab countries, the jihadist group has kept up its atrocities. "Daesh kidnapped at ... morehttp://www.spacewar.com/reports/IS_kidnaps_civilians_in_Syria_mass_executions_in_Iraq_999.html