A mass grave of 230 bodies has been uncovered in Syria after Islamic State militants are believed to have slaughtered members of a tribe who tried to fight back. Relatives of the dead, who were from the Shaitaat tribe, discovered the burial site in the countrys eastern Deir el-Zour province, a monitoring group said today. The grim discovery brings the number of tribe members killed during the jihadists summer advance in the province, which is close to the border with Iraq to more than 900, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Scroll down for video A mass grave of 230 bodies has been uncovered in Deir el-Zour, Syria after Islamic State militants are believed to have slaughtered members of a tribe who tried to fight back. Pictured is an alleged IS execution carried out in the Salaheddin province +3 A mass grave of 230 bodies has been uncovered in Deir el-Zour, Syria after Islamic State militants are believed to have slaughtered members of a tribe who tried to fight back. Pictured is an alleged IS execution carried out in the Salaheddin province The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has learned from trusted sources that more than 230 bodies have been found in a mass grave in the desert near Al-Kashkiyeh in the east of Deir el-Zour, said the Britain-based group. Read more: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2877940/Mass-grave-230-killed-jihadists-Syria-monitor.html#ixzz3MJwtsad0 Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
Posted on: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 06:00:39 +0000
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