Syria: 'Hundreds of civilians' seized by ISIL in Deir al-Zour



DAMASCUS: -- ISIL is said to have kidnapped 400 civilians in an attack on a city in eastern Syria.

The families of pro-government fighters were among those seized as the fanatics moved in on parts of Deir al-Zour according to the opposition monitoring group, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

It says some 135 people were killed in the assault. Syrian state media said at least 300 had died, including women and children. A source close to the government in Damascus said some of those killed had been beheaded.

Deir al-Zour province links ISIL’s de facto capital in Raqqa with territory controlled by the militant group in neighbouring Iraq.

As well as dropping bombs in a push to help Syrian President Assad defeat his opponents, Russia’s Air Force has been dropping humanitarian aid to those trapped in Deir al-Zour.

Unverified reports say some have already died of starvation there and the United Nations has warned that 200,000 residents face a severe food shortage and sharply deteriorating conditions.

Local aid workers have reported 32 deaths from starvation among another besieged population, some 42,000 people trapped in the Syrian town of Madaya.

-- (c) Copyright Euronews 2016-01-18

And dictator Assad is still sitting there bathing in his wealth. So is Bush and friends.

Time to "reboot" this planet.

Hardly a thread goes by that doesn't fail to drag out the Bush and US haters from beneath their collective rocky abodes.

An off-topic post has been removed. Please stay on the topic, which is about the capture of civilians by ISIL.

I always am puzzled, wondering where those guys get resupplied with ammo. The pictures aren't sharp but the rifles look and sound like AK-74 (not a typo) kalashnikovs. That is comblock ammo with the biggest producers "probably" being Russia and China. They are burning through a lot of it and one of the biggest items on a battlefield is getting supplies of all types for a lot of people.

Apparently they are neither starving or running short of other supplies including ammo. Who's getting it to them? Can no one cut off their supply lines, as surely it must come from some distance? Reports say that the general population is starving.

So, ISIL threatens all the major, and many minor countries in the world, and there is still no coordinated response!? What is wrong with this picture? Come on, get it together

And if you are Dutch and go out and hunt down these Psycho's guilty of war crimes and kill them then you will face murder charges !

I always am puzzled, wondering where those guys get resupplied with ammo. The pictures aren't sharp but the rifles look and sound like AK-74 (not a typo) kalashnikovs. That is comblock ammo with the biggest producers "probably" being Russia and China. They are burning through a lot of it and one of the biggest items on a battlefield is getting supplies of all types for a lot of people.

Apparently they are neither starving or running short of other supplies including ammo. Who's getting it to them? Can no one cut off their supply lines, as surely it must come from some distance? Reports say that the general population is starving.

As an example when Daesh captured Palmyra in Syria some months back they got access to the second largest munitions & weapons depot in Syria, god only knows why the Syrian military did not destroy the depot before retreating. One can only assume the same scenario occurs when Daesh capture other towns / cities, including food stocks. I would also assume the massive corruption in the region also comes into play as well as 'taxing' NGO's and so on