The Islamic State group has denied hundreds of thousands Syrians and Iraqis under their occupation of food and medicine. UN says IS attempts to control population.
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Since a U.S.-led coalition began launching airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State group has denied hundreds of thousands of people food and medicine. This was reported by a U.N. panel investigating war crimes in Syria today Friday 14 November.
The panel said Syrians and Iraqis are subjected to an Islamic State "rule of terror" from its calculated use of public brutality and indoctrination to ensure the submission of communities under its control, and that the tactics include repeated violations against children and women. It is well-known that criminal organisations use such means to control and manipulate populations.
Brazilian diplomat and scholar Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, who chairs the panel said "Those that fled consistently described being subjected to acts that terrorize and aim to silence the population."
The Islamic State (IS) group has become synonymous with extreme violence directed against civilians and captured fighters. Widespread indoctrinations, executions, amputations, public lashings as well as the use of sexual slavery and child soldiers is not uncommon with them.
Humanitarian groups have been unable to reach residents of the IS-controlled provinces of Deir el-Zour and Raqqa as the group has obstructed the flow of food and medical aid.