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ISIS is losing massive amounts of territory - Here's what they've left behind
ISIS is losing massive amounts of territory - Here's what they've left behind
Jan 27, 2017, 00:46 IST
In much of its territory, ISIS has its own propaganda posted to show the people who's in charge, like this billboard with Quranic verses in the historic city of Palmyra, Syria.
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And ISIS flags abound, like this one in an abandoned building.
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Tripods and a projector were left inside an ancient hammam, or steam bath, which was used by ISIS as a media center in Manbij, Syria.
Here's what else remained there.
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Some buildings feature tunnels, for fighters to move into and out of positions. This was found in Sinjar, Iraq.
Other buildings featured car parts, which, according to Syria Democratic Forces fighters, were used by ISIS militants to prepare car bombs.
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This heavily-armored suicide car bomb was seized by Iraqi soldiers in Mosul earlier this week.
While this ISIS tank, along with other ordnance, was captured in November.
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There seems to be no shortage of ammo. ISIS stacked these rocket-propelled grenades at a school in Fallujah.
They also left behind explosives ...
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... And other ordnance and plenty of sandbags to protect the perimeter.
While Iraqi forces can take selfies in former ISIS strongholds ...
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... Valuable intelligence can be gleaned from documents the group's fighters leave behind, like this book found in Fallujah.
These Russian passports were found in Mosul.
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This is a marriage certificate issued by the Islamic State.
Besides the wide variety of ammo and weaponry found abandoned ...
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... Or rooms dedicated to making powerful bombs ...
... Iraqi and US forces have found drones that ISIS uses to drop explosives.
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Anti-ISIS forces have also discovered the haunting cells of former ISIS prisons.
One thing the anti-terror forces are likely to see more of, as ISIS continues to lose ground, is the group's mass graves for its own fighters.