DEIR AL-ZOUR, Syria, June 30 (UPI) -- The Islamic State beheaded two women in Syria for the first time on Tuesday.
The beheadings occurred in separate Syrian locations. One took place in the city of Deir al-Zor, where a woman and her husband were decapitated following charges of sorcery and witchcraft. Another couple faced the same fate in the town of al-Mayadeen, along with five other men who were crucified after being accused of eating during daylight hours in the month of Ramadan, an annual fasting season for believers of Islam.