Families of more than one thousand Syrian soldiers are asking the government to find out the fate of their loved ones a year and a half after their airbase in Raqqa was overrun and captured by the ISIS terrorists.

AhlulBayt News Agency - Families of more than one thousand Syrian soldiers are asking the government to find out the fate of their loved ones a year and a half after their airbase in Raqqa was overrun and captured by the ISIS terrorists.



According to news reports some survivors of the airport battle claimed that some soldiers handed over the base to ISIS militants in return for their own safety.



ISIS militants captured the Tabka airport in the Raqqa province in August 2014 where they executed 250 soldiers shortly afterwards.



The fate of 1,100 other soldiers and servicemen present at the base is still unknown.



A report by the Al-Arabiya news channel on Monday claimed that some soldiers of the base escaped on a cargo plane hours before the place fell to ISIS.



The base is located some 45 kilometers outside Raqqa and reportedly holds several planes, helicopters, tanks and artillery.



ISIL militants operating against the Syrian government have committed numerous mass executions during the ongoing conflict.



Since the outbreak of crisis in Syria in March 2011, several video clips have been released showing the grisly crimes perpetrated by the Takfiri terrorists against innocent civilians in the crisis-torn country.



ISIL terrorists have been behind many of the deadly bomb attacks targeting both civilians and government institutions across Syria over the past three years.



The terrorist group has links with Saudi intelligence and is believed to be indirectly supported by the Israeli regime.







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