Aftermath of Mosul offensive: ISIS militants fleeing to Syria as coalition forces close in
Sheikh
Abdullah Alyawer, a tribal leader in the town of Rabia, on Iraq's
border with Syria, revealed ISIS militants scared for their livesand
their families were fleeing the city each day, and crossing into Syria
at Ba'aaj, an ISIS-controlled crossing point south of Sinjar.
The
route was entirely under ISIS control, he said, while fleeing civilians
with no affiliation to ISIS usually ended up in the Syrian town of al
Houl, which is under Kurdish control.
The
coalition force about 108,000 which exceeds ISIS' numbers, is closing
in on the beleaguered city, still home to an estimated 200,00 to 300,000
civilians and has taken on significance as the cultural capital of
ISIS.
The coalition forces are currently
celebrating gaining some ground in the battle to take over Mosul from
ISIS but are aware that ISIS will offer more resistance when Mosul's
perimeter is breached.
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