Degrading the dead

29.06.2015 20:30

ISIS has murdered two men who they claimed were spies in their latest atrocity in Raqqa, Syria before hoisting their dead bodies.

The two men were led through the streets by a pair of masked gunmen and forced to kneel in front of a statue of a MiG21 aircraft.

Two masked gunmen carrying handguns shot both victims in the back of the head.

The bodies of the victims, who were wearing red plastic protective suits, were hauled up onto make-shift crosses on the roadside.

Several heavily-armed masked terrorists in military fatigues stood on the pavement while the shooting took place.

A group of civilians stood and watched as the latest sickening murders took place.

One terrorist guarded the area standing on the back of a Toyota pickup truck armed with a heavy machine gun.

However, despite the display of force by the terror group in their Raqqa stronghold, ISIS is being pushed back in areas such as Kobani, a vital border town between Syria and Turkey.

U.S. and coalition forces have pounded 14 ISIS targets in Syria and a further seven in Iraq.

The terror group has been digging trenches around Raqqa as Kurdish forces close in on the strategically important town.

U.S. and coalition forces launched 14 air strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria and seven in Iraq on Friday, the U.S. military said, amid reports the militant group killed 145 civilians in the town of Kobani.

Four air strikes near Kobani, on the border with Turkey, hit three Islamic State tactical units and destroyed two boats, a fighting position and a vehicle, the Combined Joint Task Force said on Saturday.

Five air strikes near the militant stronghold of Raqqa destroyed five excavators, a vehicle and a remotely piloted aircraft. The task force said other strikes in Syria hit near Aleppo, Tal Abyad and Hasaka, where the militant group pressed a separate assault on Friday to capture government-held parts of the city.

In Iraq, the air strikes targeted militants near five cities: Baghdadi, Al Huwayjah, Baiji, Habbaniyah and Tal Afar. They destroyed buildings, weapons and vehicles and hit Islamic State tactical units, the task force said in a statement.

(dailymail.co.uk)