ISIS seizes television equipment in Deir ez-Zor
[ARA News] DEIR EZZOR – Militants of the Islamic State (ISIS) radical group stormed civilian houses in Syria’s eastern Deir ez-Zor Governorate and confiscated dozens of satellite receivers, activists reported on Tuesday.
The campaign reached the cities of al-Mayadin and al-Bukamal in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, where the ISIS-linked al-Hisba police broke into houses in search for satellite devices.
“After collecting the devices, ISIS militants destroyed them in public,” local media activist Samer al-Khalaf told ARA News.
The radical group has also arrested dozens of people for trying to hide their satellite receivers during the raid.
“ISIS has tightened security measures in al-Bukamal and its surroundings. Nobody is allowed to leave the city under any circumstances,” al-Khalaf reported.
Also, ISIS has shut down the internet network in the city of al-Bukamal, local sources told ARA News.
ISIS beats 6 wimmin for their raiment
[ARA News] RAQQA – Extremists of the Islamic State (ISIS) publicly flogged six Syrian women on Tuesday for violating the Sharia dress code, activists and eyewitnesses reported.
The ISIS-led Islamic Police, also known as al-Hisba, arrested and flogged the six women in Syria’s northeastern Raqqa city–which is deemed a de facto capital for the ISIS self-declared Caliphate.
“Al-Hisba forces arrested six women near the central marketplace in Raqqa on Tuesday morning under the pretext that they have violated the Sharia dress,” an eyewitness told ARA News, speaking on condition of anonymity.
“The group has publicly flogged the women, with 50 lashes each,” media activist Salim al-Raqawi told ARA News. “They vowed that any woman violating the regulations would face an even harsher punishment.”
According to local sources, those public punishments take place on a daily basis in ISIS-held areas as the group tries to show off that it’s still in power.