ISIL militants show off tank in Raqqa - amvid
- 10 years ago
REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT OF THIS VIDEO, WHICH HAS BEEN OBTAINED FROM A SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE
Militants waving the flag of the Islamic State parade through the streets of Raqqa in Syria.
These images, obtained by Reuters from social media, purport to be from Monday, though they cannot be independently verified.
But they appear to show an arsenal amassed by the group that includes tanks and a missile.
On Sunday the group, also known as ISIL, claimed universal authority over areas it controls in Syria and Iraq,
and that its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was now caliph of the Muslim world.
In another part of the country, video purports to show ? Syrian forces continuing to bomb a group of insurgents.
The footage emerges as some Islamist groups fighting in the country have rejected the announcement of an Islamic caliphate by their increasingly powerful rival.
Nine groups, including fighters and religious scholars ha
Militants waving the flag of the Islamic State parade through the streets of Raqqa in Syria.
These images, obtained by Reuters from social media, purport to be from Monday, though they cannot be independently verified.
But they appear to show an arsenal amassed by the group that includes tanks and a missile.
On Sunday the group, also known as ISIL, claimed universal authority over areas it controls in Syria and Iraq,
and that its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was now caliph of the Muslim world.
In another part of the country, video purports to show ? Syrian forces continuing to bomb a group of insurgents.
The footage emerges as some Islamist groups fighting in the country have rejected the announcement of an Islamic caliphate by their increasingly powerful rival.
Nine groups, including fighters and religious scholars ha