MOSCOW, July 23 (RIA Novosti) - ISIS fighters in control over the war-ridden territories in Syria, Iraq border, organized a hop-on hop-off bus service over their “caliphate,” the Times of Israel reported Wednesday.
“Running twice-weekly tours from Syria’s Raqa to Iraq’s Anbar, IS’ buses fly the group’s black flag and play jihadist songs throughout the journey,” the newspaper stated.
The passengers can alight the bus anywhere they want and no passport is needed to cross the border. The bus is accompanied by an interpreter and escorted by armed vehicles. The price of a ticket depends on the length of a journey.
According to the local population surveyed by the Times of Israel, the new service is very popular among locals and the only difference between it and any other bus company is that ”it treats areas under IS control in Iraq and Syria as one state.”
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), alternately referred to as the Islamic State (IS), is an unrecognized territory controlled by a jihadist military group from Iraq and Syria. It was self-proclaimed as a “caliphate” on June 29, 2014. The jihadist group in control over the IS is accused of multiple killings, kidnappings and torturing. It claims religious authority over the Muslim world.
