ISIS executed nine of its own members by throwing them into trenches of hot oil and burning them to death after they tried to flee the battle raging around Mosul.
The city is the terror group's last major stronghold in Iraq and last week government forces backed by the U.S. launched an offensive to liberate the area.
So far around 90 villages and towns under ISIS control have been freed in the past week and in some parts, coalition forces are just three miles from the centre of Mosul.
However, today it was revealed jihadis have now taken control of the Iraqi town of Rutba as it shifts its area of control.
It comes as some ISIS fighters begin to flee other parts of the city and surrounding areas after being defeated by the Iraqi government, leaving commanders of the terror group to turn on their own members.
According to Al Sumaria News, nine ISIS fighters who tried to flee Mosul were captured by their commanders and tied by their hands and legs.
Afterwards, they were thrown into trenches containing burning oil and killed
Burning the oil trenches around Mosul is one of the tactics adopted by the terror group in a bid to fight off government forces advancing on the city.
They believe the large fires and vasts amounts of smoke impede the vision of Iraqi and U.S. jets who are helping in the battle.
Jihadis have also lined many of the towns and villages on the way to the city with IEDs and booby traps while preparing for the onslaught.
In addition they have also launched surprise attacks elsewhere in Iraq in places such as Kirkuk in a bid to distract the Iraqi army and Kurdish forces from Mosul.
And security sources now say Rutba is under ISIS control near the borders with Syria and Jordan after they expanded their territory to cover half of the town.
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