ISIS Warns of 'a Fire That Burns the Cross and Its People' as Raqqa Control Crumbles

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PJ Media

The Islamic State downplayed the loss of Mosul and warned of "a fire that burns the Cross and its people" if the "atheist" Syrian Democratic Forces continue to win in Raqqa.

The SDF, which consists of Kurds, Arabs, Assyrians, Yazidis and other ethnic minorities, both men and women fighters and commanders, controlled about 45 percent of Raqqa last week. The overall operation that cleared hundreds of square miles in the drive toward the Syrian city began in November.

In the new issue of Rumiyah, ISIS' online magazine printed in English and several other languages, the terror group focuses on these battles, claiming "our brothers in Mosul displayed steadfastness, perseverance, and conviction in the face of disbelief and its various forms, something not witnessed by history until today." It's been nearly a month since ISIS lost the city to Iraqi security forces.