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Al Raqqa between Assad's hammer and Jihadist anvil

People of al-Raqqa city that has been under the control of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, linked-to-al-Qaida, have demonstrated against the numerous abuses by the ISIS.

''We didn't demand to topple a tyrannical regime in order to substitute it by another one, activist from the embattled city said.

 The city has been witnessing ongoing protests since 15 days ago, asking the release of detainees from the chambers of the Islamic State.

The protesters headed the ISIS headquarters and chanted "Syria is free, ISIS get out", calling upon al-Raqqa's rebel fighters for urgent support to get rid out the extremists, the British-based Syrian Watchdog said.

 Despite the calm speech of the ISIS Emir, a Saudi national, which was addressed to the protesters, the protests continued demanding the release of detainees and missing persons as well as the exit of the ISIS from their areas, the Syrian Observatory for human Rights reported.

 While the protesters were asking the release Rev. Paolo Dall'Oglio, Jesuit Priest, who was kidnapped on July 29 during a visit to al-Raqqa to meet the Emir of the ISIS, a Senior Official in the Free Syrian Army had confirmed the execution of in al-Raqqa, North east Syria.

 Lma al-Attasi, Secretary General of the Syrian national Front affirmed to Zaman Alwasl that the prominent Italian Jesuit, Dall'Oglio, who has been kidnapped by an Islamist group on July 29, was killed in Ar Raqqa, North east Syria.

Attasi has accused the Assad Intelligence by penetrating the ranks of the Islamic groups and contributing in the murder. ''The Assad regime should carry the full responsibility.''  Some western governments of hiding the news of Dall'Oglio's killing, she added.

 Meanwhile, ongoing clashes between ISIS fighters and Ahfad al-Rasul brigade over personal interests, activists said.

Syrian Observatory says it documented deaths of more than 106,000 people, but warns that actual death toll could be twice as high.

 

 

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