US-led coalition leave over 300 ISIS fighters stranded in the desert as a bait to get other jihadists

ISIS militants attempting to evacuate members stranded in the Syrian desert are being targeted by US-led coalition air strikes, coalition spokesperson Col. Ryan S. Dillon has said.

Dillon said that at least 40 vehicles belonging to ISIS have attempted to rescue the stranded jihadists, including armored technical vehicles and a tank disguised as a truck.

"We were able to continue to just observe and pick them off one at a time," Dillion said.


At least 300 ISIS militants and about as many women and children have been marooned in the Syrian desert over the past 10 days, who were seeking passage out of an enclave on the Lebanon-Syria border after surrendering and brokering a deal with the Lebanese Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah.

But the United States, which was not party to the deal, quickly marshaled coalition forces to halt their progress, and began targeting routes and roadways to extremist-held areas farther east.

Airstrikes on roadways and bridges have now left around 11 buses stranded in the middle of nowhere in between Syrian regime and ISIS-held territory on the border with Iraq.

Militants who attempted to execute a scouting mission in recent days were also targeted in airstrikes after they strayed far enough from the buses to avoid killing civilians.

In all, 85 ISIS fighters have been killed by coalition forces since the convoy was halted.

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~Daily Mail