The horror of life in Syria under the so-called Islamic State was opened up to the world this week when western journalists visited the northern town of al-Shadadi, recaptured recently by Kurdish-led forces.<\/p>\n
One resident pointed out makeshift gallows.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere amid the destruction, bombs and explosives are found in the street and in buildings.<\/p>\n
Many of the abandoned houses contained bunkers and escape tunnels (\u2026)
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The horror of life in Syria under the so-called Islamic State was opened up to the world this week when western journalists visited the northern town of al-Shadadi, recaptured recently by Kurdish-led forces. One resident pointed out makeshift gallows. Elsewhere amid the destruction, bombs and explosives are found in the street and in buildings. Many […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2972,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":"","tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[294,155,293],"tags":[998,999,360,463,1000],"class_list":["post-2971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anti-terror-alert","category-latest-news","category-middle-east","tag-al-shadadi","tag-horror","tag-isil","tag-syria","tag-syrian-town"],"yoast_head":"\n