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The Beatings Will Continue: Iraqi and Syrian Edition
 ISIS fighters told to starve to offset food shortages During the 1941 winter offensive, the Soviets sent hundreds of thousands of starving troops in a week long operation, telling them if they captured a city, there would be food. (IraqNews.com) Nineveh – Iraqi media outlets reported on Wednesday, that the Islamic State leaderships are advising their militants to fast to cope with food shortage as the battle intensifies between the extremist group and security forces seeking to liberate the city of Mosul. Al Sumaria News said, “ISIS commanders decided to diminish food allotments to their fighters to one meal a day,” adding that, “The move was taken after the militant group lost its biggest supply storage facility in Barttela in air strikes by international coalition and Iraqi army.” “Attempting to raise their fighters’ morale in face of the shortage, ISIS commanders are reminding the fighters of a food embargo Jews imposed on Muslims during the earliest days of Islam under Prophet Muhammad,” Al Sumaria added. “Islamic State fighters are also pleading to local residents through mosques’ loudspeakers to donate food to them,” Al Sumaria revealed. Iraqi security forces, al-Hashd al-shaabi militia, Kurdish Peshmerga, all assisted by US-led international forces, are proceeding to free the city of Mosul, entering a second week of fighting and claiming remarkable victories over the extremist group. Victories over the Islamic State were remarkable enough that the group renounced reference to Mosul as its capital of caliphate. Rebels charge USD $300 for passage from Aleppo TASS [AlManar] Terrorists in Aleppo have announced a price, which civilians have to pay for exit to the humanitarian corridors. In leaflets, the so-called “Supreme Military Council” of “Jaish al-Fateh” insurgent coalition said that any civilian who would like to get out of eastern Aleppo has to pay – 150,000 Syrian liras or approximately $300, Russian News Agency, Tass reported on Wednesday. “Our leadership realizes the level of suffering endured by the city’s peaceful civilians because of the bombardments and the blockade of Aleppo neighborhoods by the Syrian army. After consultation with our brothers, we will let the residents aged under 14 and older than 55 out of the city if each of them pays 150,000 Syrian liras for an opportunity to leave in order to support our brothers fighting on the fronts,” the leaflets said. This is a racking sum for most people remaining in eastern Aleppo. They do not have food or water. “Where can we find 150,000 liras … and what if a person does not have the money? Does it mean that he or she should die?! We want to get out of here. We have nothing here to survive…,” the local residents said, according to TASS. To prevent civilian casualties, the Syrian and Russian military have created 8 humanitarian corridors, which both the civilians and the militants can use to get out of the surrounded neighborhoods in eastern Aleppo. The corridors are working round the clock. Posted by: badanov 2016-11-03 |
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