Group resorting to arbitrary fines,extortion and gangsterism in face of airstrikes and recapturing of territory, say commandersA combination of airstrikes on Islamic State-controlled oilfields, or recapture of Isis-held territory and destruction of the group’s cash storage sites containing up to $800m (£550m) may have destabilised the self-declared caliphate in Syria and Iraq,according to coalition military commanders on both sides of the Atlantic.
Ministry of Defence officials claimed this week that they have seen signs that Isis is increasingly resorting to arbitrary fines, extortion and gangsterism to accomplish up a shortfall in income.
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Source: theguardian.com