The
woman had appeared on Al Arabiya and its affiliate Al-Hadath on Tuesday
saying several people had died and conditions were deteriorating in
Fallujah
Al Hadith
The Islamic State
(Isis) has burned 15 civilians to death for attempting to flee the
besieged city of Fallujah whilst arresting a dissident who took to
regional TV to tell of the deteriorating conditions in the city.
Fallujah is around 43m (70km) east of the capital Baghdad and has been
under the control of the jihadists since January 2014.
The nearby city of Ramadi, 20 miles to the east, was
liberated by Iraqi troops in December 2015 cutting supply lines to Daesh
(Isis) held territory in the east and leaving Fallujah entirely
encircled. Horrendous conditions in the so-called 'City of Mosques' have
led to reported shortages in food and medicines.
It is understood that many citizens suffer from diseases due
to malnutrition and a local governor in the region, Azal Obaid, of the
Anbar Provincial Council, has said that 15 civilians were publicly burned to death because they tried to escape.
Obaid told the Kurdish news agency ARA that
Isis are using civilians as human shields "to protect its own militants
inside the city of Fallujah". He added: "There is a military plan
prepared by the leadership of the Iraqi army and local tribes to
liberate the city of Fallujah."
According to residents of the city Isis jihadists have
become increasingly paranoid and view many of the civilians with
suspicion as popular mobilisation forces and the Iraqi army, backed by
western-led airstrikes tighten their grip on Anbar province.
The news of the deaths
emerged as the terror group arrested a woman who related the atrocities
committed by Isis in the city in a video aired on Al Arabiya
News Channel. She had told Al Arabiya: "People are dying because of
hunger, there is no medicine, no food, we have no more options left,"
she said in the short video, appearing breathless and angry she added:
"Allah is my refuge."
In the last two days Fallujah's
hospital has received three women wounded from barrel bombings and two
children have also been killed. Al Arabiya also reported that five other
children died due to medicine shortage.
In March Isis released execution images showing a man's head
being blown off by explosive wire in Fallujah. The victim was one of
six men killed in the city over accusations of spying for the Iraqi
government.
Isis has burned people to death before. In a propaganda video, imprisoned Jordanian pilot Maaz al-Kassasbeh, 26, was seen being burnt alive.
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