IS beheads two Syria women for ‘sorcery’

The Islamic State group beheaded two women in eastern Syria accused of “witchcraft and sorcery”, a monitor said Tuesday in Deir Ezzor province, and "this is the first time the Observatory has documented women being killed by the group in this manner" Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman said.

The extremist group has become infamous for gruesome executions and mass killings, but the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the two women were the first female civilians to be beheaded by IS.

The Britain-based monitor said the executions took place on Monday and Sunday and involved two couples.

In both cases, the women were executed with their husbands, with each pair accused of “witchcraft and sorcery”.

IS has captured around 50 percent of Syria’s territory since it emerged in the country in 2013