ISIS on Assad's doorstep: Terror group seizes refugee camp which is home to 18,000 people in deepest foray yet inside Syrian capital
- Jihadis entered the camp through the nearby Hajar Aswad neighborhood
- Al Qaeda-linked rebels reportedly opened a closed road for ISIS militants
- Once inside extremists battled a Palestinian group who run the camp
- Terrorists seized control of the majority of the refugee camp, which they are now likely to use as a base from which to Assad
Islamic
State militants infiltrated a Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus
today, marking the terrorist group's deepest foray the Syrian capital
and seat of President Bashar Assad's power.
ISIS
entered the Yarmouk camp as Jordan closed its only functioning border
crossing with the country following heavy clashes on the Syrian side
between rebels and government forces.
The
militants, who already control large swaths of territory in northern
Syria, reportedly entered the camp from the nearby Hajar Aswad
neighborhood in southern Damascus in a coordinated attack with their
rivals in the Al Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front.
According
to the the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, ISIS managed
to take control of large parts of the Yarmouk camp following clashes
with a Palestinian group.
Jihadis: ISIS militants (pictured)
entered the Yarmouk camp as Jordan closed its only functioning border
crossing with the country following heavy clashes on the Syrian side
between rebels and government forces
If
ISIS manage to gain full control of Yarmouk, the jihadis can
potentially use the camp as a base from which to threaten the heart of
the capital as possibly challenge Assad himself.
The Palestinian-run refugee camp has been under government siege for nearly two years.
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U.N.
aid workers have been sending food parcels into the camp, where
thousands of civilians remain trapped and in desperate need of food and
medicine.
The camp had witnessed fighting in the past between government forces and militants who control much of the camp.
The
Observatory reported heavy clashes in the camp between IS fighters and
members of the Palestinian faction called Aknaf Beit al-Maqdis.
Residents of the Palestinian-run Yarmouk camp are seen queuing to receive food supplies last year
Anwar
Raja, the spokesman for the pro-Assad Popular Front for the Liberation
of Palestine said ISIS fighters entered the camp from nearby Hajar Aswad
where they have been based for months.
He added that today's push came was coordinated between ISIS and their rivals in the Nusra Front, Al Qaeda's branch in Syria.
'The
Nusra Front opened the road for them in order to infiltrate the camp
and several hours ago they entered Yarmouk,' Raja said by telephone.
It
was not immediately clear why Nusra - who have repeatedly fought
against ISIS over the past year - would facilitate the entry of the
group into the camp.
A
Syrian foreign ministry statement today said it holds Jordan
responsible for 'obstructing the movement of trucks and passengers and
any ensuing economic or social repercussions.'
U.N relief workers with blue helmets and vests stand next of residents of the Yarmouk camp one year ago
Jordanian
government spokesman Mohammed al-Momani said that the Nasib crossing
was temporarily closed late last night because of clashes nearby.
'It
is important for us to keep the safety for the passengers and those who
are trying to cross between the two countries,' he said.
'So we decided to close the border temporarily, until things calm down. Then we will open it again.'
A
spokesman for rebels in southern Syria, Issam al-Rayess, confirmed that
rebel fighters were trying to take control of the border crossing from
Syrian authorities.
The
Nasib crossing is the only functioning crossing between Jordan and
Syria and is considered a crucial gateway for Syria's government and for
Syrian, Lebanese and Jordanian traders and merchants.
SICKENING IMAGES SHOW BLINDFOLDED AND BOUND COUPLE BEING BRUTALLY STONED TO DEATH FOR HAVING SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE BY ISIS
Gruesome
new images have emerged showing Islamic State militants stoning a
blindfolded and bound man and woman to death in Iraq after they were
accused of having sex before marriage.
Taken
in the ISIS-stronghold of Mosul in Nineveh province, the shocking
images show a large crowd gathered to watch the jihadis murder the
defenceless couple.
Young
boys clamber onto their fathers' shoulders to get a better view of the
man and woman being charged with 'fornication', before the familiar
white-bearded face of ISIS's elderly Mosul-based
executioner-in-chief Abu Ansar al-Ansari orders their stoning to death.
The sickening images begin by showing a large crowd gathered in a rain-drenched square in central Mosul.
Stoned to death: Taken in the
ISIS-stronghold of Mosul in Nineveh province, the shocking images show a
large crowd gathered to watch the ISIS militants murder the defenceless
couple
Bloodthirsty: With heavily armed
militants taking up positions on ledges overlooking the crowd, the young
men and boys jostle to ensure they get the best view of the murder
With
heavily armed militants taking up positions on ledges overlooking the
crowd, the young men and boys jostle to ensure they get the best view of
the murder
In the background of the image, women wearing black niqabs are seen gathered together.
An
Islamic State militant with a yellow scarf covering his face is then
seen using a microphone and PA system to read out the charge of
'fornication' against the couple, suggesting they have been accused of
having sex without being married, not of committing adultery.
A
large pile of stones are then seen heaped in the middle of the road,
before the barbaric ISIS militants began throwing them at the
defenceless and blindfolded couple, who have had their hands bound to
prevent them getting away.
As
stones rain down on the victims' bodies, large pools of blood appear in
the road, before eventually the man and woman die of their injuries and
the savagery finally comes to an end.
Preparing to kill: After the charges
are read out, the familiar white-bearded face of ISIS' elderly
Mosul-based executioner-in-chief Abu Ansar al-Ansari (centre) orders
their stoning to death.
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