ISIS kills 400 people in Palmyra, Syrian television shows – The Journal

The terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS) has slaughtered at least 400 people, mostly children, women and elderly, in the Syrian city of Palmira since took control on Wednesday, according to the official Syrian television, citing local sources.

Dozens of victims are officials of the Syrian government, including the Head of Department of Nursing Hospital Palmira, which did not identify the television, and his family. The Syrian Prime Minister Wael al Halqi condemned the “horrific slaughter” perpetrated by the ISIS and blamed it to “countries supporting terrorism and military equipment, mainly to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey and some Western countries, “it added oficial.Por television, Al Halqi called on the international community and humanitarian organizations to put pressure on” those governments that support terrorism. “ The victims were killed because” their loyalty to the Syrian government and disobedience to ISIS “ according to state television, adding that” these crimes are being perpetrated against the shameful silence of the international community. “ Syrian television criticized the Security Council of the United Nations” has only expressed its “concern” without taking any deterrent on the ground “ READ ALSO.:

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The jihadists banned thousands of citizens leave the city and many of them stole their possessions, also in the city to impose their radical interpretation of Islamic law.

The ruins of this town are one of six Syrian sites including in the list of World Heritage of Unesco , and are also in Endangered Places list We occupy an oasis, Palmyra was in the first and second centuries AD one of the most important cultural centers of the ancient world and meeting point for caravans on the Silk Road crossing the arid desert of central Siria.Antes the start of the war in the country in March 2011, its ruins were one of the main attractions of the Arab State and the region.