Islamic State ‘Executed’ Deserters For Trying To Go Home -- The Australian

ABOUT 100 foreign Islamic State fighters reportedly have been executed after trying to flee the group, raising fears about Australians wanting to leave the conflict.

Britain’s Financial Times quoted an unnamed Syrian activist saying 100 executions of foreign fighters trying to leave the group had been confirmed in Islamic State’s proclaimed capital Raqqa.

Australian authorities declined to comment on whether any Australians may have been among the dead.

The report comes months after former Sydney man Mohammad Daniel, more commonly known as 42-year-old New Zealander Mark John Taylor, claimed he wished to leave Syria after fighting with the al Qa’ida-backed Jabhat al-Nusra and said he had sought a new passport. He has since joined Islamic State, also known as ISIS.

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