Al-Shaitat massacres

Al-Shaitat massacres
LocationDeir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria
DateAugust 1, 2014 – August 3, 2014 (persecution of the clan continued until the Eastern Syria campaign)
TargetAl-Shaitat
Deaths1000–1200
PerpetratorsIslamic State
DefendersSyria

The Al-Shaitat massacres were committed by the Islamic State, beginning on October 17, 2014, against members of the Al-Shaitat clan of the Al-Uqaydat tribe, in a number of villages in Deir ez-Zor Governorate in Syria during the Syrian civil war.

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