--- description: Fighters from the militant group that has taken over vast swaths of Iraq are summarily executing members of a Sunni tribe title: ISIL: ISIS Revenge Killings Reportedly Target Iraq Sunni Tribe image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe7deca638e32faf/6986a2b3810bbb8b9cc935a6/e9630acbf2ac43c888eac7253e729608-0.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 * [Iraq](/tag/iraq/) ## Iraq Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # ISIS Revenge Killings Reportedly Target Sunni Tribe in Iraq  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 31, 2014 12:53 PM CUT  Fighters from the Islamic State group parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicle down a main road in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq, on June 23, 2014 Fighters from the Islamic State group parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicle down a main road in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq, on June 23, 2014AP  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 31, 2014 12:53 PM CUT Fighters from the militant group that has taken over vast swaths of Iraq are summarily executing members of a Sunni tribe that resisted their advance, [according to a new report](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/31/world/middleeast/sunni-tribesmen-say-isis-exacts-brutal-revenge.html "undefined"). The New York _Times_, citing tribal leaders and local officials, reports that the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) is exacting harsh revenge on the Albu Nimr tribe, killing more than 200 after the tribe fought for months to keep the jihadists out of their region near the town of Hit, 90 miles west of Baghdad. “We put the responsibility on the government because they didn’t respond,” one tribal member. “We were fighting ISIS with rifles, and it was fighting us with heavy machine guns.” [Read more at _the Times_](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/31/world/middleeast/sunni-tribesmen-say-isis-exacts-brutal-revenge.html "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3550836/isis-isil-executions-sunnis/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3550836/isis-isil-executions-sunnis/"},"headline":"ISIS Revenge Killings Reportedly Target Sunni Tribe in Iraq","datePublished":"2014-10-31T12:53:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:08:54.038Z","description":"“We were fighting ISIS with rifles, and it was fighting us with heavy machine guns”","url":"https://time.com/3550836/isis-isil-executions-sunnis/","keywords":["Iraq","Syria","ISIS","executions","Sunni"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe7deca638e32faf/6986a2b3810bbb8b9cc935a6/e9630acbf2ac43c888eac7253e729608-0.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe7deca638e32faf/6986a2b3810bbb8b9cc935a6/e9630acbf2ac43c888eac7253e729608-0.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Mosul Iraq ISIS","caption":"Mosul Iraq ISIS","creditText":"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/iraq/","name":"Iraq"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3550836/isis-isil-executions-sunnis/","name":"ISIS Revenge Killings Reportedly Target Sunni Tribe in Iraq"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"ISIS Advances on Kobani in Syria","description":"ISIS Advances on Kobani in Syria","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/zGTo9EHB/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-10-12T13:28:35.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/zGTo9EHB.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3550836/isis-isil-executions-sunnis/","duration":"PT2M16S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3550836/isis-isil-executions-sunnis/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```