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Horrific pictures have been released of ISIS militants apparently throwing two men to his death for being gay.

The graphic images are among a number that have been released by the regime that has cut a swathe of terror across Syria and Iraq.

Others show two men being crucified in front of a baying crowd and a woman who was stoned to death.

A crowd gathered at the bottom of a tower block to witness the death of the two men accused of "engaging in homosexual activities" - a crime according to ISIS' strict interpretation of Sharia law.

The other pictures show two blindfolded men accused of banditry tied to crosses in front of a jeering mob.

Two militants then step forward and execute the men with a single shot from a handgun. The final two photos show a woman in a burqa being stoned to death by a group of men.

After the sickening attack she is suffers the final indignity of being covered with an old piece of blue tarpaulin.

The execution did not take place in front of a crowd. Instead her sentence was carried out in what appears to be a more secluded area.

In November ISIS proudly released images of a similar execution, where fighters threw a man off the roof of a building before stoning him to death for being gay.

A group of armed, masked men are seen on top of the building with the victim, who was apparently condemned by an Islamic court.

The grim photos, believed to have been taken in northern Iraq, then show the man's body on the ground after he was hurled from the rooftop.

Today it emerged that several hundred US military trainers will begin moving to the Middle East in the next four to six weeks amid efforts to start training this spring for moderate Syrian opposition forces who will battle Islamic State fighters, the Pentagon said on Friday.

The US military has said it is planning to send more than 400 troops, including special operations forces, to train Syrian moderates outside the country.

The US trainers would be accompanied by hundreds of support troops.

Rear Admiral John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary, told a briefing that some of the U.S. trainers and support troops could be given orders "within the next week or so" and would flow to countries where training will take place "over the next four to six weeks."