Islamic State arrests two members

Hama (Syria), Sep 15 (IANS/AKI) The Islamic State arrested a Moroccan militant and a member of its religious police force in Syria after a fight broke out between the two men, a watchdog reported.

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights did not say where the jihadist group detained the men. The arrests were made on Wednesday, it said.

The IS flogged two men in Nahya Aqirbat in the central-western province of Hama province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported.