Posted on 04/28/2017 11:37:25 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
Information from the areas under Islamic State (ISIS) control in the Deir-ez-Zor province has confirmed reports of a wave of assassinations targeting members of the group.
Activists on social media said the number of executions carried out by ISIS in the city of Abu Kamal east of Deir-ez-Zor and in other cities and towns inside the province had increased, amid accusations of betrayal and working with the enemies of the group.
The Deir-ez-Zor Media Office said that an assassinations on Tuesday involved a number of women, reporting that an Iraqi woman was killed by gunshot in the green belt area on the outskirts of the the southern city of Abu Kamal. It added that the deceased was likely the wife of the deputy “Euphrates governor.”
This issue has encouraged a number of pages and networks concerned with the province’s affairs to shine a light on the incidents, with the Sons of Deir-ez-Zor Forum site saying: “The news coming out of the province indicates a weakening of ISIS' power, accompanied by an increase in assassinations which have hit group members in various parts of the province.”
It added that a number of observers expected “these assassinations to increase and may develop into liberation movements, expecting a lack of popular support for the group in the province and a state of resentment harbored by the residents because of the group’s practices throughout its time in power in the area.”
The opposition page continued: “The wish of a large number of residents for revenge against the group is rooted in the group's execution of individuals from these tribes, and there have even been cases of mass killings, forced displacement and confiscation of property.”
It concluded its view of this issue by saying: “The days of the organization in the province will not last, and people of the province may precede all the other parties that are trying to expel the group from the province.”
The journalist Ahmad Yassawi, a resident of Deir-ez-Zor, told Alsouria Net that “by following the available news, it’s become clear that ISIS is suffering a great deal and living through hard days. All the fronts are active, whether with the regime or with the Kurdish militias on the outskirts of Hassakeh or even in the Abu Kamal desert.”
“Most importantly, there are high-quality operations being carried out by the coalition and some agents from among the commanders are being removed. Even some important figures in the group are being arrested,” Yassawi said.
The journalist believed that all of these events had confirmed to residents that ISIS was undergoing a “state of chaos, confusion and weakness, and therefore some assassinations of their cadres have begun to appear without the group taking any action, as had happened recently.”
Yassawi stressed that the organization “does not have a popular base and the people of the region will seek revenge on the group which abused their brothers and sons monstrously, most prominently with the massacres of Shayrat and the massacre of Abu Kamal, and the execution of a number of leaders and journalists involved in the revolution in the city.”
He said these incidents are still felt by the people of the region and that they are waiting for the “right moment to pounce” on the group.
“I believe that if the coalition's military operations start to escalate, we will see a major collapse of the basic structure of the group, and events could proceed as no on is expecting,” he added.
This article was translated and edited by The Syrian Observer. Responsibility for the information and views set out in this article lies entirely with the author.
YES! May it be so. I don't know this source, but the message is still ringing in my ears.
Enact revenge? How about self defend as a militia?
Antifa terrorists are learning the trade.
Yes. of course that is the solution. But if you are not armed and living in fear of being killed by these animals, waiting is what happens.
Have you seen the Arab Women freed from ISIS begging to be armed and let them take revenge on their captors? Power of motivation.
Antifa? Headshake
Praying that it is true. (Not fake/Russian news)
Some reports that US special forces took out a high value ISIS leadership target in Deir Ezzor a few weeks ago
Shades of Bin Laden takedown
“by following the available news, it’s become clear that ISIS is suffering a great deal and living through hard days”
I will drink a beer and have some BBQ to that!
Any guesses on when Antifa/Soros will start with assassinations? It is headed that way.
Absolutely, I don’t drink, but in this case, I might actually have a cold one.
Soros would do that in the US.
He would never do that to ISIS, they are anti American. Soros loves Anti Americans.
I heard about something like that, but I thought it was farther East in Syria.
What makes you think I was talking about Soros offing A-rabs? Some people read two words in a post and think they have all the meaning.
Oh, you mean here?
Well, that is possible. There is an element within BLM and Antifa that are certainly willing to do that. Capable? Not sure.
There are “violent” operatives in both of those and others that Soros controls.
It surprised me that that did not happen in the 8 years Obozo was a the helm. I’m glad it did not.
Now? I believe all the stops would be pulled out and it would be dealt with.
At the top? Well, those are calculations that are not very apparent.
Some of the Anonymous crowd showed up in Syria, complete with Fawkes masks. That raised some eyebrows among the Kurds, just shook their heads. They are more pragmatic than to give them much thought.
The Antifa’s are on Twitter and may actually be on the ground in Syria in very small numbers. I don’t see them as combatants.
There is a young English leftist there, beating on the feminist drum. She got close enough to the front lines that she attracted the attention of a suicide bomber. He blew himself up, but too soon. It did not harm her, but his remains blew all over her. Understand she had to live with the stench for a while, reduced her interest in food until she could find a place to wash up.
There are elements there of atheist who have real battle experience. Not sure they are part of any “movement”. Western based “movements” are not like those in the Middle East. In the West they are populated with attention seekers, in the Middle East they are populated with stealth operators.
The antifas are insulated college kids who have never learned to reason and know no history. They think they are doing “theater” and “performance art” with a message but they are being formed bit by bit into a disciplined force, sooner or later an armed force. Assassinations make good theater.
Who is teaching the those skills?
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