Kill them all. Give no quarter and take no prisoners.
By now, Raqqa is a hell hole. Scarce water, food, supplies. People holed up in the pockets in building rubble.
Many trying to escape, but ISIS tries to kill the civilians who flee.
I’ve heard various stories about how bad the damage to the buildings are. You cannot rely on the picture on the web, many of them are used over for lack of better sources. But it cannot be good.
I feel sorry for the civilians after 3 years of ISIS horrible treatment.
And ISIS actively uses civilians as human shields. That happened as they exited Tabqa Dam area. Took many civilians to shield them from air/ground assault.
May it end soon.