Women walk past their bodies without acknowledging their impaled heads on fences for fear of being killed themselves. Elsewhere hate preachers urge children to disobey their parents and join the terror group. Raqqa has remained an ISIS stronghold since the group took control of the city last year. Residents have been subjected to an unrelenting torrent of horror, with many too poor to flee across the border to Turkey. Despite American and Arab forces bombing the city, fighters remain jubilant and have taken control of the population’s homes and resources. See the horrific photos below…
Heads impaled on spikes look down on the city’s pavements in a constant reminder of the group’s barbarity
The decapitated bodies of Syrian soldiers were left scattered in the streets of Raqqa by ISIS fighters
By-passers do not raise an eyebrow at the horrific scenes with ISIS fighters patrolling the city’s streets.
Soldiers decapitated bodies were tied to fences with their trousers around their knees in the horrifying images
Civilians walk past bodies lying across the pavements in Raqqa seemingly unaffected by the horrors being carried out
Young soldiers in balaclavas and black uniforms patrol the streets of Raqqa with guns
Life has become easier for fighters in Raqqa under Islamic State rule, with jihadists rewarded with higher salaries and bonuses while civilians plunge further into poverty
Culled from UK Daily Mail. Photo credit: AP/Reuters