Isis executes 12 in Palmyra

19 January 2017: the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) executed 12 people, including teachers, in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, according to a monitor.

The U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported Thursday that ISIS beheaded four people, who were teachers and government workers, as well as four opposition fighters and four pro-government fighters. ISIS fighters reportedly shot them dead before beheading them.

The monitor  said the killings took place around the city, some in the 2nd century Roman amphitheater, others in the Palmyra museum’s courtyard.