The Lebanese Shiite terrorist group Hezbollah accused the international coalition, led by the United States, of preventing the arrival of "humanitarian aid" to the bus convoy transporting hundreds of Islamic State (IS) fighters and their families in Syria.
Hezbollah said that the jihadists are "in the middle of the desert and humanitarian aid is being prevented from reaching their families, the wounded, the sick and the elderly and if this situation persists it will be inevitable that they will die, including pregnant women."
The caravan has been held since Tuesday on the border of the provinces of Homs and Deir al Zur (east), controlled by the Islamic State, and has not been able to pass into territory under the control of the terrorists because the international coalition has bombed the roads. heading towards the Euphrates Valley.
The convoy is made up of 17 buses, in which it is believed that nearly 300 jihadists armed with rifles and light weapons and a similar number of civilians are traveling, and was intended to travel to Albukamal, a town on the border with Iraq, a fact that was criticized by the Government. of that country.
In a statement, the coalition reported that it had bombed another convoy of Islamic State vehicles, including a tank, that were going to provide aid to the held jihadists.
The coalition stressed that the travelers in the detained convoy have received food and water, without providing further details.
The group was evacuated from the border area between Lebanon and Syria last Monday, within the framework of an agreement negotiated with Hezbollah after a week of offensive by the Lebanese army against the Islamic State to expel terrorists from that country.
The Syrian Army, an ally of Hezbollah, accepted the agreement and has provided safe passage to the jihadists through the areas it controls.
The caravan is held in the area on the border of the provinces of Homs and Deir al Zur; Part of the buses moved to find another safe route and are now in the desert.
The evacuation agreement has generated controversy in Lebanon and Iraq, the international coalition has promised that it will prevent terrorists from reaching the neighboring country, although it will take action against the Islamic State "according to the laws of war", "without injuring to civilians.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al Abadi described this agreement as "unacceptable" for allowing the transfer of armed combatants near the Iraqi border. EFE and Aurora
I don't understand this news, Hezbollah was also fighting the Islamic State in Syria together with Iran, Russia and the Assad government. Maybe they intend to recruit ISIS jihadists for their cause, make them a Shiite conversion, so being with one or the other would make no difference to them. Hamas has also switched sides, from siding with the rebels to Iran and Hezbollah.
not republican…..this practice in Syria is common…..the enemy is offered the possibility of evacuating an area in exchange for giving free passage to the besieged…..this has been done many times by Assad's troops in Syria and his allies of Hezbollah and now they have applied it in this enclave that ISIS had in Lebanon...
If they take control of the territory that interests them more quickly and without having more casualties of their own and let the enemy go somewhere else where it will be less of a bother….once the deal is made it is strictly fulfilled, because if it were violated once it would no longer be possible. apply more.
For the rest, this is the first crack in the Shiite corridor... the Iraqis have not been pleased that Hezbollah let these vermin escape... TO SEND THEM TO IRAQ... and for this reason they have complained that the Iraqi blood is not cheaper than Lebanese…
and they have asked the USA to block their way…….and much less did they like that the Lebanese president Michel Aoun….brags that we have solved this problem long before other countries…..when what they have done is… ..EXPORT THEM TO ANOTHER COUNTRY.
Now I understand.
Isis/Daesh is a false flag operation, based in Tehran
The cocoa in that area is from Guiness, unfortunately. How is it possible not to be able to understand each other at this point,????, worse and worse, I am ashamed to belong to the human race...