ISIS ‘CRUCIFIES,’ LASHES RAMADAN FAST BREAKERS: Reports have emerged that ISIS enforcers lashed and crucified three people in Syria for breaking the Ramadan fast. The people were said to have been held in cages for hours prior to receiving their punishments at the hands of ISIS religious police last week. Ramadan, which began two weeks ago, requires Muslims to fast from morning to nightfall for a month, eating and drinking only at night. Two people were flogged and then tied to crosses outside a police station in Mayadin, which lies around 50 miles from the Iraqi border, reports said. Another person suffered the same fate in the city of Al-Bukamal on the banks of Euphrates River. 
Rami Abdelrahman, of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, confirmed the reports and said the crucifixions were carried out to serve as an “example” for others. “We heard of similar instances happening in Raqqa,” he added, referring to the ISIS capital in Syria. It was not clear from reports if the crucified people survived the ordeal. On 17 June 2016, ISIS released images of an alleged highway robber punished by amputation of his right hand and left foot. The blindfolded man was seated in a plastic chair before terrorists chopped off his limbs and then left him lying on a stretcher, bandaged and with his head still covered. (Times of Israel)