In a new Islamic State massacre, 23 civilians including 9 children were shot dead in Syria.
Head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdel Rahman, said that the terrorist organisation had targeted the family members of government employees in the mass killing near Palmrya, the Daily Star reported.
A fighter said that areas around the town’s prison, where some of its members are believed to be held was also attacked, with the airport being a major weapons depot.
Irina Bokova, the head of UNESCO, has asked the extremists to spare the 2,000-year-old ruins of the ancient city, which is a UNESCO world heritage site, saying that it would be a human catastrophe Daesh [IS] destroyed the temples, ruins and tombs.
Meanwhile, it wasl also alleged that IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had released an audio message yesterday, putting a stop to speculation he had been killed. (ANI)