ISIS Now Using Christians as Human Shields as Govt. Troops Surround Syrian City of Raqqa

In more good news for Christians already under siege throughout much of the world, ISIS terrorist-soldiers have seen fit to resort to using those Christians who have managed to remain alive thus far in the city of Raqqa, a Syrian city overrun in 2013 by ISIS forces and now a stronghold for the group, as human shields.

According to the journalist group RBSS (Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered), the handful of Christians who still remain in the city are being prevented by force from leaving, in what has been a deemed a move to use the now-captive Christians as human shields. The city has served as ISIS headquarters in Syria for roughly three years now, with the terror group having taken full control of Raqqa in January 2014. However, ISIS now finds itself surrounded by Syrian government forces, working with the assistance of other, various, U.S.-backed militias, in their bid to retake the city, prompting the desperate move by the terrorists.

Before the beginning of the civil war in Syria, Christians were said to have made up roughly 10 percent of the population of Raqqa, but most have long since fled. Until recently, Christians were told by ISIS that they must pay tribute to the group or get out, but it is now clear that their option to leave is essentially nonexistent.

 By Robert G. Yetman, Jr. Editor At Large