The so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group massacred more than 700 members of a tribe in Eastern Syria in two weeks, the Syrian UK-based Observatory said.
Among the members of the Shaitat tribe killed were 100 fighters, but the rest were civilians, the monitoring group said, Al-Manar reported.
They were killed in several villages in the Eastern province of Deir Ezzur.
They were killed in the Ghranij, Abu Hamam and Kashkiyeh villages of the mainly ISIL-controlled province of Deir Ezzur, said the Observatory, which relies on a vast network of activists and medics on the ground for its information.
The conflict in Syria started in March 2011, when sporadic pro-reform protests turned into a massive insurgency following the intervention of western and regional states.
The unrest, which took in terrorist groups from across Europe, the Middle-East and North Africa, has transpired as one of the bloodiest conflicts in recent history.
Source: FARS
