The ISIS 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.
“ISIS has over a period of 20 days executed at least 116 civilians in reprisal killings, accusing them of collaboration with regime forces,” said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor.
Regime forces retook Al-Qaryatain, which lies in the central Homs province, on Saturday, three weeks after the jehadists seized control of it.
ISIS had first occupied the town in 2015 and lost it to a Russian-backed Syria forces last year.