The radical Islamic State group has arrested at least 25 people in raids carried on al-Shuhail village in Deir Ezzor province, activists said.
IS has launched a revenge campaign on tribes stand against it in the eastern countryside of rich-oil province. Activists and monitoring groups said at least 22 tribal fighters have been executed and slaughtered by IS last week.
The Syria Human Rights Network warned ISIS was planning a campaign of revenge in the wake of recent attacks against its fighters in Deir Ezzor.
IS has beheaded three tribesmen who took up arms against them on Tuesday as well it has executed 19 men at Al-Omar oil field which it captured on July 3, a according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group.
Most of the men were shot dead, with one of them decapitated, "in one of the bloodiest executions", the Observatory said.
Since joining the conflict in Syrian in spring 2013, IS has seized control of almost all of Raqa and Deir Ezzor provinces on the border with Iraq, where it has waged a devastating offensive since June.
Meanwhile, Bashar al-Assad's helicopters have dropped leaflets, instead of barrel bombs, urging Deir Ezzor's tribes to cooperate with Syrian Army forces against IS and jihadists.
The Observatory estimates more than 171,000 people have died in violence in Syria since March 2011, the start of a peaceful uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's regime that developed into an armed revolt. (With AFP)
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