--- description: The Islamist terrorist group executed 1,878 people in Syria, most of them civilians, over the past six months, according to a new report title: ISIS Executed Nearly 2,000 People in 6 Months image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd4b6339514043a39/6987705ef887dc1289e8932a/google-top-searches-o_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Syria](/tag/syria/) ## Syria Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # ISIS Executed Almost 2,000 People in Syria Over the Past Six Months by [Elizabeth Barber](/author/elizabeth-barber/) ## Elizabeth Barber Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 29, 2014 3:24 AM CUT  In this June 16, 2014, file photo, supporters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria chant slogans as they carry the group's flags in Mosul, Iraq In this June 16, 2014, file photo, supporters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria chant slogans as they carry the group's flags in Mosul, IraqSTR—AP by [Elizabeth Barber](/author/elizabeth-barber/) ## Elizabeth Barber Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 29, 2014 3:24 AM CUT ISIS [executed](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/28/us-mideast-crisis-casualties-idUSKBN0K60EK20141228 "undefined") 1,878 people in Syria over the past six months, including 120 of its own members, a U.K.-based Syrian human-rights group said on Sunday. Most of the people killed by the Islamist terrorist group were civilians, including 930 members of a Sunni Muslim tribe from eastern Syria, Reuters reports, citing the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. All but four of those executed within ISIS’s own ranks were fighters trying to leave and go back home. ISIS, which has declared a caliphate across a broad swath of Syria and Iraq, and regards breaches of strict Islamic law as punishable by death, frequently releases videos of its executions, including the killings of two U.S. journalists and three aid workers from the U.S. and Britain. \[[_Reuters_](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/28/us-mideast-crisis-casualties-idUSKBN0K60EK20141228 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3648160/islamic-state-isis-isil-executions-syria/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3648160/islamic-state-isis-isil-executions-syria/"},"headline":"ISIS Executed Almost 2,000 People in Syria Over the Past Six Months","datePublished":"2014-12-29T03:24:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:09:12.375Z","description":"The great majority of them were civilians","url":"https://time.com/3648160/islamic-state-isis-isil-executions-syria/","keywords":["Syria","Iraq","Terrorism","ISIS","Islamic State"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd4b6339514043a39/6987705ef887dc1289e8932a/google-top-searches-o_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Elizabeth Barber","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/elizabeth-barber/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd4b6339514043a39/6987705ef887dc1289e8932a/google-top-searches-o_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Google Top Searches of 2014 List","caption":"Google Top Searches of 2014 List","creditText":"STR—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/syria/","name":"Syria"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3648160/islamic-state-isis-isil-executions-syria/","name":"ISIS Executed Almost 2,000 People in Syria Over the Past Six Months"}}]}] ```