In other words, business as usual
ISIS beheading, stoning and crucifying Syrian residents, UN report says
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ISIS is beheading and stoning men, women and children in Syria, leaving crucified bodies in public squares for days and engaging in rape and torture, according to a new U.N. report released Friday.
The report, entitled the “Rule of Terror: Living under ISIS in Syria”, gathers information from 300 interviews with men, women and children who fled or who are living in ISIS-controlled areas.
“ISIS has beheaded, shot and stoned men, women and children in public spaces in towns and villages across northeastern Syria,” states the report, written by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic.
To combat the atrocities, the panel recommends cutting off the supply of weapons that ISIS receives, giving psychosocial support to children associated with armed groups and providing specialized medical services to support victims of sexual violence.
One witness to the killing of a 16-year-old boy in Al-Ashara said the boy’s body was hung on a cross in a public square “for people to see what it looks like to be punished by ISIS.”