IS executes Syrian soldiers---Rights group

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Photo posted online purportedly showing Syrian army soldiers in their underwear being led through the desert by Islamic State fighters (27 August 2014)
Jihadist militants from Islamic State, IS, were said to have executed "dozens" of Syrian army soldiers, activists say.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said that the soldiers were captured while attempting to flee to Hama province after IS stormed the Tabqa airbase, according to BBC news.
Twitter accounts belonging to jihadists had boasted about 200 deaths, it added.
On Wednesday, photos and a video were posted online appearing to show more than 100 men in their underwear being marched through the desert at gunpoint.
In the video, militants shout "Islamic State" and "There is no going back".
In images published earlier this week, IS fighters wearing balaclavas could be seen shooting dead at least seven kneeling men at the airbase.
'Mass atrocities'
Tabqa airbase - near the northern city of Raqqa, an IS stronghold - fell to IS on Sunday after weeks of fierce fighting.
The Observatory said 346 IS fighters and more than 170 members of the security forces were killed in the final battle, which lasted five days.
The head of the Observatory, Rami Abdul Rahman, told the AFP news agency that about 1,400 troops had been stationed at the airbase, 700 of whom managed to escape.
Two hundred appeared to have been caught and executed by IS as they attempted to cross the desert to government-held territory in the Orontes Valley to the west, he said. Another 500 men were on the run, he added.

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