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| About the last civilians who fled Syria’s Baghouz | ||
| 2019-03-04 | ||
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (ISIS) holdout in Baghouz, eastern Syria, Rudaw spoke to the last civilians and suspected fighters to emerge from the besieged village. Among the last people to surrender ahead of the SDF’s advance is a suspected ISIS emir from Bosnia. He refuses to talk, holding up a hand and shaking his head at the camera.
Many are found hiding electronic devices and papers. Others have concealed firearms. None of them appear to be natives of this area. The bulk of them are foreigners, speaking various languages. As the SDF advanced in recent days, they uncovered potential evidence of mass executions. The victims are feared to be Yezidi slaves held captive for the last four years. "ISIS kidnapped a lot of Yezidi women and kiddies," SDF spokesperson Lilwa Abdulla told Rudaw. "During our advances, we liberated 200 children and women. In the meantime, we discovered a large number of Yezidi women’s bodies. We do not have a specific number of Yezidis here. Dozens were seen under ISIS here," she added. Although a large number of civilians and ISIS members have fled, hundreds have chosen to make a last stand against advancing Kurdish forces. | ||
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