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Raqqa: Fear and treachery inside Islamic State's capital
 [EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] After four years living in the capital of Isil's caliphate, Hassan's life story reads like the plot of a James Bond film. But the scars on his body and the photos he carries of murdered friends show his ordeal is all too real.Hassan, who asks for his full name not to be used for fear of reprisals, recently fled Raqqa. Meeting The Telegraph near the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep, the 20-year-old Syrian scrolled through images on his laptop of assassinated colleagues, buildings blitzed by air strikes or boom-mobiles, black flags, and bearded jihadists on tanks. Speaking to a journalist for the first time, the student-turned paramedic described the rise of Islamic State Posted by: Fred 2015-06-16 |
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