ISIS makes Turkish soldiers crawl like dogs before executing them

Jardine Malado Monday, December 26, 2016

Militant Islamist fighters on a tank take part in a military parade along the streets of northern Raqqa province June 30, 2014. | Reuters/Stringer

Two men who are believed to be Turkish soldiers were forced by the Islamic State to crawl like dogs on their way to their execution site where they were burned alive by the terrorists.

ISIS released a 19-minute video titled "The Cross Shield," showing the men being taken from their cages and being led on all fours by the terrorists to a site where they were lit on fire.

According to Daily Mail, the Turkish government shut down social media outlets in an effort to prevent its citizens from seeing the gruesome execution.

The executioner referred to the men as "dogs" and accused the Turkish government and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of "burning Muslims" before setting the prisoners on fire.

Russia Today reported that the two men identified themselves as members of Turkish Gendarmerie Intelligence Organization.

Turkish forces are taking part in the operation known as "Euphrates Shield," which aims to liberate areas that are currently under the control of ISIS in Syria.

Last month, the ISIS-linked Amaq agency reported that the jihadist group has kidnapped two Turkish soldiers.

The release of the video came after the militants killed 16 Turkish soldiers in the attacks around the Syrian town of Al-Bab on Wednesday.

Last week, ISIS burned four civilians to death in the city of Deir ez-Zor after they were convicted of supporting Kurdish forces. An eyewitness said that "hundreds of people witnessed the execution, including the victims' families who were forced to watch their sons being burned to death." The bodies of the victims were reportedly thrown into the Euphrates river.

The civilians were arrested by the Islamic Police, also known as Diwan al-Hisba, three months ago and charged with supporting the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG). They were also accused of leaking information about the terror group's movements in the city.

The city's Sharia Court said that the civilians confessed to supporting and cooperating with the YPG. They were convicted of apostasy and treason because the court ruled that their actions amounted to their conscious abandonment of Islam.