ISIS Executes 19 Civilian in Syria, Including Two Children

Members of the Islamic State group (ISIS) ‘executed’ 19 civilians including two children in a village held by anti-jihadists in eastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Saturday. “ISIS fighters entered Jazrat al-Boushams village on Friday evening and executed 19 civilians, including two women and two children, with bullets to the head before torching the corpses,” Rami Abdel Rahman of the Britain-based monitor told AFP. Jazrat al-Boushams village is in Deir Ezzor province, which is largely controlled by the jihadists. Arab media reported that US Defence Secretary James Mattis said President Donald Trump had instructed the Pentagon to ‘annihilate’ ISIS in Syria in a bid to prevent escaped foreign fighters from returning home.