9. Hama, Syria – 18 May
ISIS militants beheaded and dismembered dozens of men, women and children in a horrific attack on several Syrian villages, tragically leaving 52 people dead. The deadly attacks in the central Hama province targeted villages where most residents belong to the Ismaili branch of Shia Islam, which ISIS believe to be heretical.
10. Brak El-Shati, Libya – 20 May
Government-allied militia fighters launched a barbaric attack on a military airbase in Libya, killing 141 people, including both soldiers and civilians who worked at Brak al-Shati. Prime minister Fayez Mustafa al-Sarraj’s office denied ordering the attack, which breached an informal truce between rival forces. LNA spokesman Ahmad al-Mesmari spoke of the brutality of the day afterward, saying: “The soldiers were returning from a military parade. They weren’t armed. Most of them were executed.”
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