Daesh using people in Syria's Raqqa as human shield

The Daesh terrorist group is trying hard to gather more civilians in Raqqa city in northeastern Syria to use them as human shields or to force them to join its forces amid rapid advances of the anti-Daesh forces across the province.

According to the local sources, following anti-Daesh forces' siege of Raqqa city from its northern, eastern and western countryside, the Daesh has been dispatching civilians to the southern banks of the Euphrates River on ferries and to send them to Raqqa city to use them as human shield in clashes with anti-Daesh forces.

The terrorists have also blocked the civilians' exit path from Raqqa city, they added.

The Daesh has also forwarded over 230 members and commanders from eastern Aleppo to Raqqa, the sources said, adding, "The Daesh has gone on alert in Raqqa city and is calling on people across the city to join it."

EA