Now ISIS is under attack from guerrillas itself: Ultra-secret White Shroud group strike fear into terrorists by picking off fighters one by one

Small groups of Syrians are hunting down ISIS fighters in Syrian stronghold
New guerrilla campaign has emerged in response to ISIS’s growing brutality
White Shroud ‘has killed more than 100 ISIS fighters in attacks in Deir al-Zor’
Head of group Abu Aboud says its main aim is to generate fear in ISIS ranks

Published: 13:27 EST, 13 October 2014 | Updated: 04:17 EST, 14 October 2014

Terrorist organisation Islamic State is now under attack from guerrillas itself, it was revealed today,

Small groups of Syrians are hunting down ISIS fighters in one of their main strongholds in eastern Syria in a new guerrilla campaign that has emerged as a response to the Islamists’ growing brutality.

The main aim is to generate fear in ISIS’s ranks, said the head of ‘White Shroud’ – a group that says it has killed more than 100 of the militants’ fighters in attacks in Deir al-Zor province in recent months.

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Stealth tactics: A guerrilla fighter moves inside a damaged house in the Syrian province of Deir al-Zor. Groups of Syrians are now hunting down ISIS militants in response to the terror group's growing brutality (file image)
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