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| Foreign ISIS fighter: AP Photo |
World News -- According to the British Financial Times Newspaper, ISIS
executed 100 of foreign fighters who tried to leave the group’s headquarters in
Raqqa, Syria. An activist opposed to
ISIS and the Assad regime confirmed the executions of foreign fighters trying
to escape the group’s capital.
ISIS has created a military police wing to deal with foreign
fighters who declined to report on duty.
Tens of homes have already been raided and dozens of jihadists arrested.
Many foreign jihadists who were eager to join the group are
now coming to the reality of fighting for a terrorist outfit. In October, the British press reported that 5
Britons, 3 French, 2 Belgians and 2 Germans wanted to go back home after they realized
that they were fighting against other rebel groups other than Assad’s government.
They were being held as prisoners at that time and it’s not clear if they were
part of those executed.
The International Center for the Study of Radicalization at the
London’s King’s College reports that there are between 30 and 50 Britons who
want to go back home but fear being jailed. Group
The extremist group has lost considerable ground since coalition
forces, led by the United States, launched airstrikes against it. The past few
weeks have been particularly bad for ISIS.
On Thursday, Iraq Kurds reported to have pushed back ISIS
and liberated Mount Sinjar where Yazidi fighters and civilians had been trapped
by the extremists for a month. The Kurdish
forces have stepped up their operation in a bid to take back Swathes of land
taken by the ISIS.
The pentagon has also reported killing several ISIS leaders
in airstrikes.
ISIS has made world news in the last few months and looked unstoppable slightly more than a month ago,
but now their momentum has weakened significantly as it loses many fighters coupled with a decreasing ability to attract new ones.
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