(London Independent) ISIS' vaunted exercise in state-building appears to be crumbling, as living conditions deteriorate across the territories under its control, exposing the shortcomings of a group that devotes most of its energies to fighting battles and enforcing strict rules.
Residents say services are collapsing, prices are soaring and medicines are scarce in towns and cities across the "caliphate" that Isis proclaimed in Iraq and Syria, belying the group's boasts that it is delivering a model form of governance for Muslims.