- Armed ISIS terrorists forced thousands of desperate Syrian refugees to abandon an escape to freedom at gunpoint
- The men, women and children carried everything they could as they shuffled up to the Tal Abyad border crossing
- But many were forced to return after laughing fighters rounded up the refugees and marched them back into Syria
These are the laughing Islamic State fighters who forced desperate Syrian refugees to abandon an escape to Turkey by marching them back across the border at gunpoint.
Thousands of people have attempted to flee the across the border to escape ISIS at Tal Abyad after hearing Kurdish militia were advancing towards the town, where they fear there could be a bloodbath.
However, their escape route was blocked by heavily armed members of the terror group, who rounded up those trying to flee and marched them back into Syria.
The terrorists laughed with each other as they forced to the civilians back to the warzone even though heavy fighting is imminent
Some 13,000 refugees crossed the border at Tal Abyad over the past 10 days according to Turkish officials handling the crisis
The refugees were hauling everything they could possibly carry in an effort to cross the border to freedom and away from ISIS
The Syrians civilians wanted to leave Tal Abyad before the town was circled by advancing Syrian-Kurdish YPG troops but were forced back
The YPG has made major advances into ISIS-controlled territory in recent weeks across northern Syria following a string of successes
The jihadists could then be seen revelling as the Syrians were then made to turn back with their suitcases and belongings into to the ISIS-held territory.
Meanwhile, Turkish troops watched on helplessly as the civilians were almost within touching distance of the town of Akcakale.
The men, women and children were stopped at gunpoint almost within touching distance of the border town of Akcakale.
It is thought that ISIS are keen to force civilians to stay in Syria as they fear US-led coalition forces may launch airstrikes on Tal Abyad.
If civilians still remain, they believe, the coalition would be reluctant to bomb the area.
It came before refugees waiting at the border cheered in delight as they heard that Kurdish militia were making headway towards the ISIS stronghold before attempting to battle through the barbed wire which separates Syria from Turkey.
It came after the Kurdish forces seized at least 20 villages southwest of the border town, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Rami Abdel Rahman, Observatory director, said: 'They [Kurdish forces] are on the eastern outskirts of Tal Abyad, but the southwestern front is much more difficult because it's more populated.'
ISIS terrorists stopped the group of refugees just yards from the border in full view of Turkish troops who were powerless to intervene
Turkish troops and Isis terrorists stared at each other just a few yards apart across the barbed wire border as the civilians retreated
ISIS is facing being attacked by Syrian-Kurdish fighters who are advancing on the town of Tal Abyad, pictured
The YPG has captured large amounts of ammunition, weapons and even vehicles abandoned by ISIS
Heavily-armed terrorists, some carrying U.S. AR-15 assault rifles forced the civilians back to the rapidly approaching warzone
The refugees were attempting to flee the strategically important town of Tal Abyad and cross into the Turkish town of Ackakal
Arin Shekhmos, a Kurdish activist who visits the front line daily, said the area's mixed population of Kurds and Arabs was seeking refuge wherever it could.
He said: 'Tal Abyad is almost completely surrounded.'
Pictures showed thousands of would-be refugees queuing behind the barbed wire seeking asylum. They later could be seen breaking their way through the metal fence, with many crying in desperation as they tried to cross over into Turkey.
A Turkish armoured personnel carrier is stationed at the border fence between Syria and Turkey, where refugees are queuing up to escape into Akcakale
Turkish soldiers guard their border with Syria. Yesterday thousands of Syrians made their way into Turkey by cutting through the border fence
A Turkish army soldiers guards the border area with Syria as refugees wait in the background trying to cross into Turkey to flee fighting
The refugees are trying to escape from intense fighting in northern Syria between Kurdish fighters and members of the Islamic State
Women clutching their children could be seen climbing through the fence after the refugees charged and found a gap in which they could slip through.
Earlier today, a Kurdish activist in the symbolic battleground town of Kobane, which was liberated from ISIS by the Kurds earlier this year, said authorities had set up a camp for the displaced.
'We are waiting for the whole border area to be liberated - from northeastern Syria all the way to Kobane,' Mustafa Ebdi told AFP.
The Turkish health ministry confirmed that 13,000 people have crossed the border, which is the only crossing point in the area, since the beginning of the month.
Syrian refugees waiting on the Tal Abyad border cheered in delight as they heard that Kurdish forces were making headway towards the ISIS-held town before attempting to battle through the barbed wire which separates Syria from Turkey as they desperately tried to flee
Women clutching their children could be seen climbing through the fence after the refugees found a gap in which they could slip through
Young children were held by their parents as they were pulled through the barbed wire fencing to help them escape the clutches of ISIS
One young girl was pulled through the barbed wire fence as the Syrian refugees desperately tried to flee the ISIS-held town of Tal Abyad
The Syrian refugees walked into Turkey after crossing from Syria into Akcakale in the Sanliurfa province after breaking through the fence
Syrian refugees climb through the fencing on the Tal Abyad border after Kurdish forces revealed they were heading towards Tal Abyad
A statement by the main Syrian Kurdish fighting force, known as the YPG, said its fighters have encircled the ISIS-held town of Suluk, a few miles southwest of the strategically important town of Tal Abyad.
It said ISIS militants have 'lost control' over Suluk and Kurdish forces were advancing toward Tal Abyad. It also said the road linking Tal Abyad with Raqqa was under YPG control.
Tal Abyad lies on a mostly Sunni Arab part of the border between mainly Kurdish Kobane and Syria's most populous ethnic Kurdish region - Hasakeh province - in the northeast.
Northern Syria is the most complex battleground in the country's more than four-year civil war, with ISIS fighting Kurdish militia, Syrian government forces and a rebel alliance including rival jihadists of Al-Qaeda.
In Syria, the U.S. has found a reliable partner in the country's strongest Kurdish militia, the YPG. They are moderate, mostly secular fighters, driven by revolutionary fervour and deep conviction in their cause.
Since the beginning of May, they have wrested back more than 200 Kurdish and Christian towns in northeastern Syria, as well as strategic mountains seized earlier by ISIS.
Syrian refugees cheer as they wait at the border of Tal Abyad in order to cross into Turkey as Kurdish fighters announce they are making headway towards the ISIS-held town. The refugees are being held at gunpoint by ISIS extremists as they attempt to flee their country
The men, women and children were stopped at gunpoint almost within touching distance of the border town of Akcakale, southern Turkey
Turkish soldiers guard the border as Syrian refugees wait to cross into Turkey as they flee the ISIS-held border town of Tal Abyad
Kurdish militia has also seized at least 20 villages southwest of Tal Abyad, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said
Turkish forces man the border to Syria as refugees who have fled their homes in the ISIS-held town of Tal Abyad attempt to cross to Turkey
They have recently pushed into Raqqa province, a stronghold of the terror group. Along the way, they have picked up ammunition, weapons and vehicles left behind by the jihadis.
Capturing Tal Abyad would open a direct line between Kurdish-controlled territories along the border with Turkey, linking up Kurdish-controlled areas in Hasaka province to the west with Kobani to the east.
Such a move is likely to anger Turkey, which sees the YPG as part of the Kurdish PKK movement that has waged an anti-government insurgency in southeastern Turkey.
Meanwhile, more than 25 people were reportedly injured after two bombs exploded in government-held neighborhoods in the central city of Homs yesterday.
Local television reports said the first attack was a car bomb outside a school that wounded up to 27 passers-by, while the second blast was a bomb placed inside a taxi which wounded five students from Homs' Baath University.
Nobody immediately claimed the bombings, although government-held neighborhoods in Homs have been targeted by repeated explosions that have killed and wounded dozens over the past months.
ISIS still holds about a third of Iraq and Syria, including Iraq's second-largest city, Mosul.
Meanwhile ISIS fighters continue to battle Iraqi security forces and Shiite militiamen for territory north and east of the capital, Baghdad.
A Syrian woman cries after an airstrike hit the eastern part of the Syrian border town of Tal Abyad today as Kurdish forces try to reclaim it
A Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighter stands with residents from villages near the town of Tal Abyad, in the northern Raqqa countryside, after taking control of the nearby Suluk town from ISIS fighters
Taking Tal Abyad, some 50 miles from the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa, would mean the extremist group wouldn't have a direct route to bring in new foreign militants or supplies. Pictured: Airstrikes hit part of Tal Abyad today as locals flee their homes and try to cross the border
Smoke from a US-led airstrike rises over the outskirts of Tal Abyad as Kurdish forces attempt to take back the border town from ISIS
The entrance to Suluk town is seen after Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighters took control of the area from Islamic State
Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighters walk with their weapons at the eastern entrances to the town of Tal Abyad in north SyriA
In Iraq, coordinated ISIS suicide attacks targeting Iraqi government security posts killed 13 people north of Baghdad yesterday, as security forces repelled more suicide attacks by the extremists in Anbar province.
Four suicide bombers driving explosive-laden cars rammed into two security checkpoints and a military headquarters in the al-Hajaj area within a 15-minute span, killing 13 Shiite militiamen and troops and wounding 24, police said.
The suicide bombings were claimed by the radical ISIS group on its twitter account, which said the four attacks were perpetrated by British, German, Kuwaiti and Palestinian militants.
The statement, which was translated by the U.S.-based SITE Intelligence Group, said the men targeted the posts for Iraqi army and Shiite militias.
Meanwhile, police said security forces repelled ISIS suicide attacks near the town of Garma, east of militant-held city of Fallujah.
Iraqi forces, backed by Shiite militias and U.S.-led airstrikes, have been struggling to regain control of the vast areas lost to ISIS during its blitz last year.
Around 25 people were injured when a car bomb exploded in the Karm Al lawz neighborhood of the Homs province in Syria earlier today
Photographs emerged today of the devastation in the Homs province in Syria following a car bomb which exploded this morning
Residents survey the damage following the explosion of a minibus-type vehicle which has reportedly injured around 25 people in Homs
Builds were blown apart and around 25 people were left injured after the explosion in the Syrian city of Homs earlier this morning
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