ISIS Slashes Salaries Of Its Fighters By Half

 ISIS Slashes Salaries Of Its Fighters By Half

It looks like its hard times ahead for the mujahideen. According to the Congressional Research Service, ISIS soldiers earn between $400 and $1,200 a month (N160,000 and N312,000 in equivalent), plus a $50 (N13,000) stipend for their wives and $25 (N6,500) for each child. However, the leaked document obtained by Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi, a leading scholar who tracks ISIS, revealed that the terrorist group cannot afford to pay its soldiers quite as much as it used to. “On account of the exceptional circumstances the Islamic State is facing, it has been decided to reduce the salaries that are paid to all mujahideen by half, and it is not allowed for anyone to be exempted from this decision, whatever his position,” the ISIS’ government wrote in a memorandum. CNN reports Al-Tamimi got the document from sources inside al-Raqqa, the seized Syrian city that ISIS declared as its capital. ISIS did not explain why it was cutting the salaries but noted that it would continue to distribute provisions twice a month as usual. (cartoon by nasoweseeam.com, story culled from naij.com).