ISIS Parades 30 Sunni Tribesmen Before Shooting Them Dead In Iraqi Town

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants have executed 30 men from the Sunni tribe who were mostly local leaders in the town west of Baghdad. According to several reports, Iraqi officials and residents confirmed the killings.

In an Al Arabiya report, a correspondent said 46 people were executed as ISIS besieged about 500 families in the city of Heet. ISIS had caught up with displaced families who were living in the Anbar desert in the last three days.

ISIS fighters had lined up the 30 Sunni men and shot them on the town's main street where local resistance groups and militants had been fighting in recent weeks. The men who were killed were believed to be tribal leaders who had forged an alliance with the Iraqi government to help in launching anti-ISIS operations.

Reports said ISIS paraded their victims through town as militants loudly announced that their captives were "apostates" who fought against them. The men were then shot dead with assault rifles. Graphic photos have emerged online showing the men's bodies lined up and lying on their own blood.

Sabah Karhout, Anbar provincial council chairman, said the men were held captive when ISIS militants seized the town located about 85 miles from the Iraqi capital. He called the execution a "crime against humanity" and demanded for more support for the Sunni tribes fighting against ISIS in the province.

Al Arabiya further reports that according to the Human Rights Watch, there is evidence that ISIS had killed between 560 and 770 men who were mostly captured soldiers earlier in the year. ISIS has not claimed responsibility for the deaths, but the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group also said the militants killed tribal members who fought against them.

Meanwhile, Kurdish troops were allowed to cross the border into Kobani as reinforcements arrive to help fight ISIS militants. Troops from the Syrian Free Army had arrived to strengthen the town's resistance to advancing ISIS forces. More Kurdish fighters are also making their way to Kobani by road with weapons and supplies in their cargo. Reports said the deployment of troops to cross the border will help Turkey dismiss accusations that it has a relationship with ISIS.