US urges coalition to wage online battle against ISIS
The Islamic State terrorist group has executed eight men over the past four days in al-Bukamal city, located on the Syrian-Iraqi border, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Monday.
Four men were killed Sunday in the al-Faiha neighbourhood and at the al-Masria roundabout after being accused of fighting against the ISIS and establishing a headquarter for the Shaiat tribe in Shafa village.
The observatory said the four were members of the tribe that has battled the jehadis in the northeastern Syrian province of Deir al-Zur, where al-Bukamal and Shafa are located.
The extremists shot another man dead Friday in al-Faiha and killed three others at al-Masria for unknown reasons. Meanwhile, Washington called on Monday for the battle against the Islamic State group to be taken to the Internet, as coalition partners vowed to step up efforts to counter the jehadis’ online propaganda.
Retired US general John Allen told participants at the talks in Kuwait City that IS was promoting its “horrendous brand of warfare” online, where it “recruits and perverts the innocent”.