...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really 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 western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
(ISIS) attacked the house of an oil well investor in the northern countryside of Deir ez-Zor Governorate, eastern Syria.
A local source close to the targeted person in the town of al-Suwar, 70 km north of Deir ez-Zor, said that ISIS holy warriors targeted the house of Ahmad al-Zaher, an investor in the oil wells in the village of Daman in the al-Suwar town, with machine guns.
The source added that al-Zaher received messages two days ago via WhatsApp in which people speaking on behalf of the ISIS giving him 24 hours to pay $10.000 as zakat (Royalties).
He also received another message, after yesterday’s attack, in which the ISIS members confirmed that this attack was merely an alert and warning, according to the source.
The majority of traders and investors in oil wells are forced to pay royalties to ISIS for fear of being killed under the constant threats, while others resort to moving outside the region for fear of ISIS’ tyranny.
On Feb. 2, ISIS sleeper cells burned an oil well, for one of the oil wells’ investors, for refusing to pay the zakat near the town of al-Suwar.
Recently, ISIS sleeper cells have intensified their actions in Deir ez-Zor countryside despite security operations carried out by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
Landmine Explosion Kills, Wounds Children In Syria’s Deir Ez-Zor
[NPASyria] On Monday, a child lost his life and another was maimed when a landmine, likely a remnant of Islamic State (ISIS), went
kaboom!in the east of Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria.
A local source from the town of al-Dweir, 70 kilometers east of Deir ez-Zor, said the 15-year-old Yasin al-Hamad lost his life and the 13-year-old Muhammad al-Hussein was injured in a landmine explosion left by ISIS on the outskirts of al-Dweir desert.
The source added that al-Hussein was transferred to a hospital in the capital Damascus for treatment as he urgently needs to be subjected to a surgery in the chest due to pieces of shrapnel in his body, according to a doctor at the hospital.
On Feb. 18, two forces of Evil of the Iranian-backed Liwa Fatemiyoun were killed when a landmine went
kaboom!, likely a remnant of the ISIS, in al-Quriyah desert in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor.
Since 2017, the Syrian government forces have been combing the desert in response to ISIS increasing practices that have caused the forces massive human and material losses.