Editing Decapitation (section)

==== Syria ====
The Syrian government employs hanging as [[Capital punishment in Syria|its method of capital punishment]]. However, the terrorist organisation known as the [[Islamic State]], which controlled territory in much of eastern Syria, had regularly carried out beheadings of people.<ref>{{cite news |title=Syrian Rebels used a child to behead a prisoner |url=http://humanrightsinvestigations.org/2012/12/10/syrian-rebels-use-a-child-to-behead-a-prisoner/ |publisher=Human Rights Investigation |date=12 December 2012 |access-date=22 March 2013 |archive-date=6 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406055236/http://humanrightsinvestigations.org/2012/12/10/syrian-rebels-use-a-child-to-behead-a-prisoner/ |url-status=usurped }}</ref> Syrian rebels attempting to overthrow the Syrian government have been implicated in beheadings too.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/jihadist-rebels-behead-2-syrian-soldiers-in-northern-syria/ |title=Jihadist rebels behead 2 Syrian soldiers in northern Syria |date=13 August 2019 |website=AMN – Al-Masdar News |language=en-US |access-date=14 August 2019 |archive-date=15 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815031847/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/jihadist-rebels-behead-2-syrian-soldiers-in-northern-syria/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/20/syrian-opposition-group-which-killed-child-was-in-us-vetted-alliance |title=Syrian opposition group that killed child 'was in US-vetted alliance' |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=9 April 2020 |archive-date=3 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103012949/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/20/syrian-opposition-group-which-killed-child-was-in-us-vetted-alliance |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=155503 |title=Nearly 45 regime and Turkish soldiers and rebels killed in shelling and violent battles on Al-Nayrab frontline, east of Idlib |date=21 February 2020 |publisher=SOHR |access-date=9 April 2020 |archive-date=11 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200311151950/http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=155503 |url-status=live }}</ref>