Hunger And Poverty is Becoming The Norm In Islamic State Controlled Territories

Impoverished: Dozens of Syrians queue for food in the Islamic State's self-declared capital of Raqqa

Daily Mail: The caliphate's food queues: Hundreds queue for hours as they wait for food in ISIS capital

  * Syrians line up despondently in scenes more familiar inside refugee camps
  * Posted by anti-ISIS activist with message: Hunger, poverty, homelessness
  * Syrians persecuted by terror group's warped interpretation of Islamic law

Famished and queuing despondently as far as the eye can see, these images will have the Islamic State's slick propaganda unit spitting feathers.

In scenes more familiar in the most impoverished refugee camps, scores of downtrodden Syrians wait in line for hours for food in the terror group's self-declared capital Raqqa.

It's a far cry from the all-conquering image of prosperity its jihadi PR machine would like the world to believe.

WNU Editor: Reports of hunger and disease have been increasing from areas controlled by the Islamic State since the end of last year .... these pictures seem to verify these reports. No one should be really surprised .... I suspect that these fighters are probably not good administrators, and I doubt that they are providing the right conditions for an economy to grow and prosper.