...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) gunnies killed a school principal in a hit-and-run attack in eastern Syria on Saturday, according to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
"The terrorists, riding a cycle of violence, opened fire on the principal, Saleh, near his home, resulting in his martyrdom before fleeing the area," the SDF said in a statement.
The attack was in al-Sha’fah, in the Hajin area of Syria’s easternmost province Deir ez-Zor, near the Iraqi border.
"This attack is part of ISIS’s ongoing attempts to escalate terrorism by targeting military personnel, security forces, civilian leaders, and public institutions - particularly amid the growing instability and lawlessness in Syria," the SDF said.
ISIS has exploited the security vacuum following the collapse of Bashir
Pencilneckal-Assad
Scourge of Qusayr...
’s regime in December.
The group remains active in Deir ez-Zor where it frequently targets SDF forces. On Tuesday, unidentified button men carried out two separate attacks on the SDF, killing one and wounding two others. Last week, ISIS carried out three attacks in the same province.