(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Islamic State's campaign of extreme violence and massive killing against Sheitat tribe east Syrian has pushed its youth to follow military training by Syrian regime army in Palmyra desert, sources said.
The sources say fighters of the stricken tribe of Sheitat believe that alliance with ‘devil’ might be possible to defeat the radical group.
Meanwhile, many Syrian expatriate in Arab Gulf States, who are originally from Sheitat tribe, have joined Bashar al-Assad’s training camps in Palmyra, Zaman al-Wasl reporter said.
On Wednesday, ISIS agreed to allow people of Sheitat returning home to their villages after months of displacement, local source told Zaman al-Wasl.
The militant group stipulated on the tribesmen to pledge allegiance and not to ‘betray’ again, otherwise death will be their destiny as their fellows tasted last August when more than 700 people had been executed.
The Islamic State has imposed harsh conditions on Sheitat people who agree to return home. The ‘State’ has imposed a curfew between 8 p.m and 5 a.m, as well all meeting will be banned among the tribe members, local activists reported to Zaman al-Wasl.
More than 190,000 people have been killed since the start of Syria's uprising against Bashar Assad in March 2011, according to the United Nations.
(Reporting by Abdullah Al Ghadawi; Writing by Anwar Diab) (source: ZamanAlwasl.net)
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