AFP
Sunday, 6 July 2014
The jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria group has expelled more than 30,000 people from their homes in the eastern Syrian town of Shuheil, a monitoring group said on Sunday.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said ISIS had “forced out” some 30,000 residents after seizing Shuheil on Thursday from Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front.
Another 30,000 residents have been forced from their homes in the towns of Khosham and Tabia Jazeera, also in eastern Deir Ezzor province, the Britain-based NGO said.
“Some 30,000 residents of the town of Shuheil, the former stronghold of Al-Nusra Front, have been forced out by the Islamic State,” the group said.
Though both ISIS and Al-Nusra share a jihadist ideology, the two groups have regularly clashed, with Al-Nusra joining a coalition of armed opposition groups fighting ISIS.
ISIS has seized large swathes of territory in Syria and neighboring Iraq, declaring the land it holds to be an Islamic “caliphate,” and its leader the ruler of all Muslims.
The Observatory said ISIS had prevented some 30,000 people from returning to their homes in two other towns in Deir Ezzor, Khosham and Tabia Jazeera, which it captured in late June.
On a Facebook page, activists from Shuheil said ISIS had ordered all residents to leave, and entered in armored cars and tanks “because of their fear and cowardice.”
A video distributed by activists on YouTube purportedly shows mediators announcing the terms of the expulsion, saying residents are required to hand over weapons and remain out of Shuhail “until (ISIS) feels it is safe.”
Activists said residents feared ISIS fighters planned to loot their homes, and the Observatory said the large displacement had left thousands sleeping in the open, with food and water shortages.
Source: al-Arabiya.
Link: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/07/06/NGO-ISIS-expels-thousands-in-east-Syria.html.
Sunday, 6 July 2014
The jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria group has expelled more than 30,000 people from their homes in the eastern Syrian town of Shuheil, a monitoring group said on Sunday.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said ISIS had “forced out” some 30,000 residents after seizing Shuheil on Thursday from Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front.
Another 30,000 residents have been forced from their homes in the towns of Khosham and Tabia Jazeera, also in eastern Deir Ezzor province, the Britain-based NGO said.
“Some 30,000 residents of the town of Shuheil, the former stronghold of Al-Nusra Front, have been forced out by the Islamic State,” the group said.
Though both ISIS and Al-Nusra share a jihadist ideology, the two groups have regularly clashed, with Al-Nusra joining a coalition of armed opposition groups fighting ISIS.
ISIS has seized large swathes of territory in Syria and neighboring Iraq, declaring the land it holds to be an Islamic “caliphate,” and its leader the ruler of all Muslims.
The Observatory said ISIS had prevented some 30,000 people from returning to their homes in two other towns in Deir Ezzor, Khosham and Tabia Jazeera, which it captured in late June.
On a Facebook page, activists from Shuheil said ISIS had ordered all residents to leave, and entered in armored cars and tanks “because of their fear and cowardice.”
A video distributed by activists on YouTube purportedly shows mediators announcing the terms of the expulsion, saying residents are required to hand over weapons and remain out of Shuhail “until (ISIS) feels it is safe.”
Activists said residents feared ISIS fighters planned to loot their homes, and the Observatory said the large displacement had left thousands sleeping in the open, with food and water shortages.
Source: al-Arabiya.
Link: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/07/06/NGO-ISIS-expels-thousands-in-east-Syria.html.
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