It certainly looks like these Sunni Bedouin chose the wrong side initially and then saw what their new friends then did to them.
Syria: Hundreds of Bedouin Sentenced to Death
700 Bedouin executed by IS in Syria as bloody conquest in the Gulf region continues.
By Dalit Halevi, Tova Dvorin
First Publish: 8/18/2014, 6:44 PM
ISIS fighters parade in Raqqa, Syria
Reuters
The tribal leader of the Shaitat Bedouin tribe in eastern Syria's Deir Al-Zour region made an emotional appeal on Monday, asking his fellow Bedouin neighbors to join the war against the Islamic State (formerly the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIS).
Sunni Bedouin leaders initially pledged loyalty to the IS, which took large swaths of land in northern and eastern Syria over the past two years and recently conquered much of northern and western Iraq.
However, a conflict between tribes resulted in the arrest of a number of Bedouin, followed by a series of bloody clashes after IS arrested three men.
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Syria: Hundreds of Bedouin Sentenced to Death
700 Bedouin executed by IS in Syria as bloody conquest in the Gulf region continues.
By Dalit Halevi, Tova Dvorin
First Publish: 8/18/2014, 6:44 PM
ISIS fighters parade in Raqqa, Syria
Reuters
The tribal leader of the Shaitat Bedouin tribe in eastern Syria's Deir Al-Zour region made an emotional appeal on Monday, asking his fellow Bedouin neighbors to join the war against the Islamic State (formerly the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIS).
Sunni Bedouin leaders initially pledged loyalty to the IS, which took large swaths of land in northern and eastern Syria over the past two years and recently conquered much of northern and western Iraq.
However, a conflict between tribes resulted in the arrest of a number of Bedouin, followed by a series of bloody clashes after IS arrested three men.
Continue reading at:
Syria: Hundreds of Bedouin Sentenced to Death - Middle East - News - Arutz Sheva