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Daesh beheads two women in Syria: Monitor

This is the first such execution of women in Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said Tuesday.

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Beirut — The Daesh group has beheaded two women in Syria on accusations of “sorcery,” the first such execution of women in Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said Tuesday.

“The Daesh group executed two women by beheading them 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.

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