A campaign led by the US to destroy the sources of Islamic State’s income has left the world’s wealthiest terrorist group in a financial crisis and put the jihadists on an austerity drive.
Since December the wages of fighters in Raqqa, the capital of the “caliphate”, have been halved. Perks such as bonuses for marriage and childbirth have gone along with treats including energy drinks and Snickers chocolate bars.
The shortage of funds also appears to have forced Isis to abandon its dream of a world free from the influence of the “Satanic” dollar bill.
US warplanes hit a series of oil refineries controlled by Isis and burnt millions of dollars in a vault in Mosul last month, according to officials.
More damage has been