<p>The Islamic State (IS) has released a video showing the beheading of a Kurdish man as a warning to the forces fighting the group in northern Iraq.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The video, titled a 'Message in Blood', shows several men in orange jumpsuits said to be captured Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, the BBC reported.<br /><br />The victim is seen kneeling near a mosque in the IS-held city of Mosul before he is beheaded.<br /><br />The jihadis warned that others will be killed if Kurdish leaders continue to back the US.<br />Backed by US air strikes, Peshmerga fighters from the autonomous Kurdistan region of northern Iraq have been trying to counter an advance by the IS.<br /><br />On Thursday, a video posted online purportedly showed the aftermath of the killings of the Syrian soldiers - a long line of bodies of young men lying face down stripped to their underwear.<br /><br />"The 250 Shabiha taken captive by the Islamic State from Tabqa in Raqqa have been executed," read the caption, using the name - Shabiha - given by the opposition to militiamen fighting for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.<br /><br />Tabqa air base, near the northern city of Raqqa, an IS stronghold, fell to IS Sunday after weeks of fierce fighting.<br /><br />Last week, the IS drew worldwide condemnation after releasing a video showing the beheading of US journalist James Foley.<br /><br />It said his death was in retaliation for US air strikes in Iraq, and the jihadi group threatened to kill other US hostages.<br /><br />The IS has declared a "caliphate" across the parts of Syria and Iraq that it captured since June.<br /></p>
<p>The Islamic State (IS) has released a video showing the beheading of a Kurdish man as a warning to the forces fighting the group in northern Iraq.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The video, titled a 'Message in Blood', shows several men in orange jumpsuits said to be captured Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, the BBC reported.<br /><br />The victim is seen kneeling near a mosque in the IS-held city of Mosul before he is beheaded.<br /><br />The jihadis warned that others will be killed if Kurdish leaders continue to back the US.<br />Backed by US air strikes, Peshmerga fighters from the autonomous Kurdistan region of northern Iraq have been trying to counter an advance by the IS.<br /><br />On Thursday, a video posted online purportedly showed the aftermath of the killings of the Syrian soldiers - a long line of bodies of young men lying face down stripped to their underwear.<br /><br />"The 250 Shabiha taken captive by the Islamic State from Tabqa in Raqqa have been executed," read the caption, using the name - Shabiha - given by the opposition to militiamen fighting for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.<br /><br />Tabqa air base, near the northern city of Raqqa, an IS stronghold, fell to IS Sunday after weeks of fierce fighting.<br /><br />Last week, the IS drew worldwide condemnation after releasing a video showing the beheading of US journalist James Foley.<br /><br />It said his death was in retaliation for US air strikes in Iraq, and the jihadi group threatened to kill other US hostages.<br /><br />The IS has declared a "caliphate" across the parts of Syria and Iraq that it captured since June.<br /></p>