For months
its brutality has been documented in propaganda designed to frighten the world
into considering its terrorist cause.
But footage
of life under the rule of ISIS has revealed the lasting effects of the group's
barbarity, with women and children strolling past the decapitated bodies of
Syrian soldiers in the city of Raqqa without giving them a second glance.
Unaffected
by the sight of the decaying corpses, civilians do not even acknowledge the
men's impaled heads positioned on fences across the city which has become a
recruiting hub for extremists.
It is among
the most gruesome hallmarks of life under the group's control since jihadis
stormed President Assad's army and took hold earlier this year.
The video,
filmed in July, offers a rare glimpse into civilian life since ISIS launched a
campaign of terror against Syria and Iraq.
Scattered
corpses lie on pavements and roads with some tied to fencing, their severed
heads stuck between their legs, as black-clad ISIS fighters patrol the streets.
In other
parts of the town preachers urge children, with black balaclavas disguising
their innocent faces, to disobey their parents and join the militant group.
'I swear to
god we will see a caliphate based on the prophecy. Be with the state or you
will be the ones who get killed,' a man threatened one group of silent
youngsters to a backdrop of the group's ominous flag.
While the
corpses of President Assad's troops will be removed within three days, the
threat of death is enduring for everyone else, one civilian revealed.
'They hate
to see the murder but they cannot speak because of fear,' one civilian living
in the city told MailOnline.
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