Acorralado in Syria, the Islamic State calls for launching attacks around the world

BAGHUZ, Syria.- Locked in their last redoubt in the east of Syria, the jihadists of

Islamic State

They have called on their supporters around the world to launch revenge attacks, according to a known audio recording in recent hours.

The recording attributed to the group was known at a time when the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), commanded by Kurds
and backed by the United States, they face stubborn resistance from Islamic State (IS) militants trying to break into the village of Baghuz on the east bank of the Euphrates.

The men, women and children of Baghuz are subjected to a "holocaust on the part of the Crusaders", indicates the recording of a minute and a half published by fans of IE on the networks the SITE's intelligence site last night. Jihadists call the "crusaders" a
the coalition led by the United States.

In audio, an anonymous jihadist asks the "brothers [musulmanes] in Europe and throughout the world "stand up against the Crusaders and … avenge their religion". While he is talking, shots are heard deep inside, apparently to suggest that he is in Baghuz.

"Crusader warplanes" and "Kurdish atheists" attack their people, the voice says. The authenticity of the recording could not be verified independently.

The SDF resumed its offensive against the Islamic State on Sunday night after the departure of thousands of civilians and hundreds of fighters from the last redoubt. Since then, 38 fighters in the group and three FDS have fallen in combat, according to their spokesman, Mustafa Bali.

Argish al – Deiri, an SDS commander in Baghuz who identified himself with a pseudonym, said on Tuesday that his men had advanced from one night to the next and taken a stand on the edge of the road. a camp under the tent where the militants opposed the last resistance.

"We entered the camp, then we stopped," he said. "There was resistance and we withdrew, the planes reached the ammunition depot", which caused explosions that stopped in advance.

He added that the militants had heavy weapons, guns and snipers, forcing the SDS to delay their offensive.

He expects IE fighters to capitulate in the "coming days".

The capture of Baghuz would mark a turning point in the four-year campaign to defeat the so-called "caliphate" of the Islamic State, which ended up occupying vast territories

Syria

and Iraq.

AP Agency