What is it like to live under Islamic State?

Militants behead and rape victims, yet stage 'fun days' for residents of their self-declared caliphate

The flag of IS flutters on the 'dome' of a Syrian Christian Church
(Image credit: MOHAMMED ABDUL AZIZ/AFP/Getty Images)

New footage from Mosul reveals the horror of life under Islamic State, a year after Iraq's second largest city was captured.

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