MOSCOW, January 15 (Sputnik) – Three men have been executed by the Islamic State in the city of al-Mayadeen, in Syria's Deir Ezzor province on Thurday, Reuters reported.
The Islamic state accused the men of carrying out an attack against its forces in the city and blowing up its vehicles. According to Syria's state news agency, SANA, two of the men were shot dead and crucified, and another was beheaded. They were accused of collaborating with the Syrian government, according to the London-based Syrian opposition group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
A reporter by SOHR, a university student who was arrested by IS for smoking cigarettes was executed on charges of being a government informant in the town of al-Bolel. A fifth man was executed on in the city of al-Bolel on a charge of being an agent of the Syrian government.