BEIRUT: Islamic State group jihadists have murdered nearly 2,000 people in Syria -- half of them from an important Sunni tribe -- since announcing their "caliphate" in June, a monitoring group said Sunday.

"The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has documented the execution by the Islamic State of 1,878 people in Syria between June 28 when it announced its 'caliphate' and December 27," the group said in a statement.

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