Spy Planes and City Centre

spy: Hundreds if not thousands of Syrians who fled from other parts of the country now live in tents in Raqqa's streets, vulnerable to both warplanes and ground fighting, according to Brandon Sun. Enormous tarps have been stretched for blocks in the city centre to hide the militants' movements from spy planes and satellites. Inside, all the men have been ordered to wear the jihadis' garb of baggy pants and long shirts making it difficult to distinguish Islamic State militants from civilians. The estimated 300,000 people trapped inside live in terrifying uncertainty over how to find safety. Leaflets dropped by coalition warplanes give confusing directions one suggests areas closer to the Euphrates River are safer, but then another warns that boats crossing the river will be struck. Airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition shake the city almost daily, mainly hitting northern neighbourhoods, amid reports of civilians killed by strikes in the nearby countryside. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.