Small Syrian Town Pays Heartfelt Tribute To Foley

As tributes pour in for the journalist James W Foley slain by the Islamic State, a tiny city of Syria stands out for its brave stance in mourning his death.

Residents of the small town of Kafranbel from the Idlib province are famous for their activism against the Syrian civil strife and are well known for their political comments, cartoons and banners. Wednesday they tweeted a picture in support of Foley with a banner proclaiming :

"James Mr Foley's will to expose Assad and Isis pushed him to sacrifice his blood to enlighten Obama's vague vision. Humanity is proud of James."

The sign is heartfelt and also politically astute. They have managed to name Assad along with the hardcore Islamist group and also criticized Obama for not taking a clear stance on the escalating violence in the region and against the growing excesses of the IS militant group.

The town has not escaped the wrath of the government or the militant groups and is a target of constant shelling and rocket attacks and assassination attempts on its vociferous activists, reports Vox.Com. But the citizens are adamant about documenting the bloody civil war through their little written proclamations.

James Foley, a freelance journalist was kidnapped in Syria in 2012 by militants and beheaded by the Islamic State militants recently. The video of his execution was posted by the IS, Tuesday.

The United States officials and his parents both have confirmed his death. This is the first time that the IS has killed an American citizen since conflict broke out in the region in 2011. The outfit has threatened to kill another journalist in their custody if the United States continues airstrikes into Iraq.