Sunday, July 6, 2014

ISIS jihadists expel 60,000 Syrians from their homes

I have yet to hear a single Arab scream "nakba!"
BEIRUT: The Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria has expelled more than 30,000 people from their homes in the eastern Syrian town of Shheil, a monitoring group said Sunday.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said ISIS had "forced out" some 30,000 residents after seizing Shheil Thursday from the Al-Qaeda-affiliate Nusra Front.

Another 30,000 residents have been forced from their homes in the towns of Khasham and Tabieh Jazeera, also in eastern Deir al-Zor province, the Britain-based group said.

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