Tue Apr 19, 2016 18:00:08
ISIS has reinforced its drone arsenal as it prepares to carry out more horrific attacks, officials have warned.
The death-crazed group has repeatedly used drones across its strongholds in Iraq and Syria but is now boosting its stock numbers.
Iraq's defence ministry has warned that ISIS is now purchasing more of the remotely piloted machines.
Iraqi military released a photo of a soldier with a drone after it had been shot down earlier this month.
The drone is said to have been taking pictures of an army outpost as the blood-thirsty cult spies on its enemies.
The group's latest act of defiance comes as the terror cell imposed swathes of new fines on their captives to try and raise funds.
Significant territory losses means the number of people living in the terrorist caliphate slumped from nine million at the start of 2015 to fewer than six million.
Tax receipts from ISIS have plummeted from around £56million each month to £40million, according to the tax report by consultancy firm IHS.
Ludovico Carlino, senior analyst at IHS, said: “Our research has found that the ISIS is increasing taxes on basic services and coming up with new ways to get money from the population.”
Earlier this year ISIS was forced to cut the salaries of its depraved terrorists by half.
Extremists now get £100 a month because of "exceptional circumstances" according to Bayt al-map, Treasury Ministry for ISIS, Express reported.
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