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2021-03-18 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Residents in Syria's Badia displace due to ISIS attacks
[NPASYRIA] Since Tuesday, the town of al-Amiriya in the Syrian Badia has witnessed a displacement wave of residents towards their relatives in the city of Palmyra for fear of ISIS sleeper cells in the area

The displacement movement came after ISIS sleeper cells threatened some residents to burn their homes and confiscate their livestock in case of delay in paying zakat.

"Some ISIS sleeper cells, who were riding cycle of violences, warned some of the shepherds in the vicinity of the town, to pay the zakat to ISIS within 72 hours," Khedr al-Hamad, 45, from al-Amiriya, said.

The 30-year-old shepherd, Khaled al-Ibrahim said that he took his livestock and his family to their relatives in the city of Palmyra for fear of being attacked by ISIS sleeper cells.

There are three points of the pro-Syrian government National Defense Forces (NDF) including 30 to 50 members in the town of al-Amiriya, in the eastern countryside of Homs..
Posted by Fred 2021-03-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ]  Top
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