Editing Human shield (section)

==== Syrian Civil War ====
{{Main|Syrian Civil War}}
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===== ISIS in Syria =====
ISIS has ideologically justified use of Muslims as human shields.<ref>[https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_591c0d0ae4b0a8551f3f844a/amp "How ISIS Continues To Justify The Use Of Human Shields"]. ''HuffPost''. May 18, 2017.</ref>

The [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State]] (ISIL) militants, [[Saudi Arabia|Saudi]]-supported<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/syria-crisis-turkey-and-saudi-arabia-shock-western-countries-by-supporting-antiassad-jihadists-10242747.html |title=Turkey and Saudi Arabia alarm the West by backing Islamist extremists the Americans had bombed in Syria |author=Kim Sengupta |newspaper=The Independent |date=May 12, 2015 |access-date=September 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513214636/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/syria-crisis-turkey-and-saudi-arabia-shock-western-countries-by-supporting-antiassad-jihadists-10242747.html |archive-date=May 13, 2015 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref> the Syrian branch of [[al-Nusra Front|al-Qaeda]],<ref>[https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/11/19/syria-opposition-abuses-during-ground-offensive "Syria: Opposition Abuses During Ground Offensive"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926011937/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/11/19/syria-opposition-abuses-during-ground-offensive |date=September 26, 2015}} [[Human Rights Watch]]. November 19, 2013.</ref> and [[Jaysh al-Islam]] anti-Assad rebels were accused of using civilian residents of towns,<ref>{{cite news |title=Islamic State jihadists using human shields to avoid air strikes |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/12004264/Islamic-State-jihadists-using-human-shields-to-avoid-air-strikes.html |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=November 20, 2015 |access-date=April 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022193327/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/12004264/Islamic-State-jihadists-using-human-shields-to-avoid-air-strikes.html |archive-date=October 22, 2017 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref> [[Alawites|Alawite]] civilians and captured Syrian soldiers as human shields.<ref>{{cite news |title=Caged and in danger: Syrian soldiers become human shields for rebels |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/03/world/syria-cages-human-shields/ |publisher=CNN |date=November 3, 2015 |access-date=March 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413212035/http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/03/world/syria-cages-human-shields/ |archive-date=April 13, 2016 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Syrian rebels using caged civilian captives as 'human shields' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/11971269/Syrian-rebels-using-caged-pro-Assad-captives-as-human-shields.html |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=November 2, 2015 |access-date=March 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331191421/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/11971269/Syrian-rebels-using-caged-pro-Assad-captives-as-human-shields.html |archive-date=March 31, 2016 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

On the use of human shields by [[ISIS]] in Syria, most notably was in 2019 as reported by SDF: The jihadists were using the civilians as human shields to block.<ref>Louise Pyne-Jones. [https://observatoryihr.org/news/isis-using-women-and-children-as-human-shields-in-final-syria-battles/ "ISIS using children as human shields in final Syria battles"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913143641/https://observatoryihr.org/news/isis-using-women-and-children-as-human-shields-in-final-syria-battles/ |date=September 13, 2020 }}. International Observatory of Human Rights. February 4, 2019.</ref> The civilians were "on the front lines".<ref>[https://france24.com/en/20190203-trapped-shrinking-syria-holdout-turns-human-shields "Trapped in shrinking Syria holdout, IS turns to human shields"]. ''[[France 24]]'', February 3, 2019.</ref>