article_snippet.sent: a worker at the Jafra Foundation, an aid organisation working in the area, also revealed that activists and relief workers were also being targeted by ISIS, according to the IBTimes.
article_snippet.sent: The district was soon surrounded and food, water, and electricity supplies were all cut off, with around 18,000 residents still trapped inside.
article_snippet.sent: Since then thousands more have fled, while many who remained have been killed .
article_snippet.sent: Hundreds of civilians were pictured packing the bombed-out streets, desperately trying to get Hundreds of civilians hands on and food available.
article_snippet.sent: It was reported at the time that some had taken to eating stray cats and dogs in desperation, all while being shelled and bombed by Assad's troops.
article_snippet.sent: all while being shelled and bombed by Assad's troops situation became even more dire at the start of this month when ISIS stormed the camp.
article_snippet.sent: Around 2,500 people managed to flee before the assault took place, but many were left behind, trapped when ISIS posted snipers in the tallest buildings surrounding the southern neighbourhoods.
article_snippet.sent: Other residents have also told of the fighters' barbarity.
article_snippet.sent: We were terrorised. '
highlights_snippet.sent: ISIS seized ISIS ten days ago and have been butchering those trapped there .