January 08, 2016

ISIS fighter executes own mother in Syria for 'apostasy,' rights groups say

An ISIS fighter has executed his own mother before a public audience, an expat Syrian rights group said.
The 20-year-old killed his mother in the Syrian city of Raqqa, ISIS' de facto capital, as hundreds looked on near the post office where she worked, 
said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 


  • The mother allegedly pleads with her son to flee the ISIS capital of Raqqa
  • He turns her in to ISIS authorities for apostasy
  • The son executes his own mother publicly as hundreds look on, two Syrian rights groups report