ISIS hangs 'Iraqi army collaborator' from bridge

Execution: ISIS have executed a suspected spy (pictured) in the Iraqi city of Fallujah - which they seized last January - just 30 miles from the city of Ramadi which they violently seized a few days ago

Shocking images show ISIS militants parading a suspected spy through the streets of Fallujah - just 45 miles west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad - before publicly hanging him from a bridge.

The gruesome execution took place just 30 miles from Ramadi where Islamic State slaughtered over 500 to seize the city a few days ago - and have since been attacking nearby villages as they look to consolidate power in the region, reports Dailymail.

Pictures obtained by anti-ISIS activists show the terror group's latest victim, accused of collaborating with the Iraqi army, being escorted through the ISIS-controlled city of Fallujah on the back of a pick-up truck.

Another shows his limp body hanging from a bridge as Islamic State's deprave

Cruel: The doomed man (centre), accused of collaborating with the Iraqi army, was first paraded through the ISIS-controlled city as militants saluted the cheering crowd that gathered

Sickening: The terror group saluted the cheering crowd as they escorted the doomed man through the city of Fallujah, just hours away from Iraq's capital Baghdad

Resistence:  Iranian-backed Shi'ite militia (pictured) have been battling ISIS forces in the Garma District on the outskirts of Fallujah

Counter-offensive: Over 3,000 Shia militia (pictured) recently amassed in the Habbaniya military base - located half way between the ISIS-held cities of Ramadi and Fallujah

Battle: The Iraqi government has made a desperate call for volunteers to bolster its shattered army who have been firing at ISIS positions in the Garma District (pictured), west of Baghdad

The Iraqi government lost control of Fallujah to Islamic State militants back in January 2014 after days of fighting in the city - and nearby Ramadi - where hundreds were killed. 

And only days ago, the terror group slaughtered over 500 people to finally seize Ramadi where they held a sickening military parade on its blood-stained streets.

They have since been ruthlessly attacking villages to its east - as they look to establish a foothold in the strategically important Anbar Province.

Overnight, Islamic State insurgents attacked government troops in Husaiba al-Sharqiya which is halfway between Ramadi and the Habbaniya military base where Iran-backed militia soldiers have gathered, pro-government forces have said.

Over 3,000 of them have amassed in preparation to retake the battle-ravaged city where Islamic State fighters now have the tanks and heavy artillery left behind by the Iraqi forces who abandoned the city.

A Sunni tribal leader said: 'Daesh [ISIS] attacked us around midnight after a wave of mortar shelling on our positions.

Amir al-Fahdawi added: 'This time they came from another direction in an attempt to launch a surprise attack but we were vigilant and, after around four hours of fighting, we aborted their offensive.' 

       

Parade: After slaughtering 500 people and forcing over 8,000 from their homes in Ramadi (pictured), ISIS triumphantly drive through the city in a fleet of pick-up trucks

Villainous: They have since been attacking government troops in villages like Husaiba al-Sharqiya around Ramadi (pictured) which indicates they are moving their troops east towards Fallujah and Baghdad

Ghost town: Fighting has forced tens of thousands from their homes in Ramadi, where shops have been ransacked (pictured) by ISIS fighters

Raided: Pictures posted on Twitter claim to show shops looted by ISIS after they captured the city of Ramadi

Over 40,000 civilians are thought to have fled Ramadi since Islamic State took control but some remain stuck in the city, a Baghdad-based humanitarian organisation told MailOnline yesterday.

Those who fled are stuck in no man's land between battle-ravaged Ramadi and the Iraqi capital Baghdad, where they are being refused entry by the country's army who can not verify they are innocent civilians and not ISIS fighters.

The Iraqi government has since made a desperate call for volunteers to bolster its shattered army after suffering the worst defeat since the Islamic State grabbed swathes of territory in June last year.

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said extra recruitment was vital to efforts to recapture the key city of Ramadi which fell to ISIS on Sunday.

But the United States military will not be offering military assistance after its Department of Defence ruled out sending special forces to fight alongside Iraqi's around the city.

President Barack Obama is however considering accelerating the training and arming of Iraqi tribal forces to fight the Islamic State group after Ramadi fell.

The White House confirmed it will support the forces made up of Shi'ite militias and Sunni tribal forces in Anbar, as long as they operate under the leadership of the Iraqi government forces. 

America has sent thousands of military advisers to train Sunni tribal fighters and help reform Iraq's shambolic army, but the pace of change has failed to match Islamic State's aggressive military tactics.

       

Stranded: Many Iraqi civilians are now stuck outside the Iraqi capital Baghdad (pictured) because the army can not verify they are not ISIS militants

Innocent: It is claimed this baby was delivered in the open air to a Sunni woman who was one of thousands not allowed to cross the Bzabz bridge - a key entry route to Baghdad less than 40 miles away

Danger: These innocent civilians stranded around 45 miles south of Baghdad in Musaib risk being caught in the crossfire if ISIS advance further east towards the capital

Homeless: They have been forced to live in the open without shelter and with aid quickly dwindling, aid agencies have said

Prime Minister al-Abadi's decision to send in the Shi'ite militia - known as Popular Mobilisation - to retake Ramadi could stir up further sectarian hostility in one of the most violent parts of Iraq.

Ramadi was Islamic State's biggest success since it captured the northern city of Mosul last year and declared itself an Islamic caliphate. 

That 'defeat was avoidable,' the Institute for the Study of War wrote in the Washington Post.

It said: 'Neither the Islamic State nor any other Al-Qaeda offshoot has ever taken a major urban area actively defended by the United States in partnership with local forces.

'This is what happens when a policy of half-measures, restrictions and posturing meets a skillful and determined enemy on the battlefield.'

Despite defeats in the Iraqi city of Tikrit - Saddam Hussein's home town - and in the Syrian city of Kobani, the group still controls large areas of Iraq and Syria.

Local officials have said 500 people were killed in the fighting to take Ramadi and the international migration agency says more than 40,000 people have fled the city. 

Islamic State fighters have set up a fearsome defensive wall and laid landmines around their newly-conquered territory, witnesses in Ramadi have said.

The notorious black flag used by jihadi groups flies over Mosques and public buildings, as was seen in a chilling video showing ISIS celebrating their successful taking of Ramadi.