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ISIS Exploiting Dam To Protect Its Officials, Hide Captives

January 22 2016

Syria

The Islamic State is hiding high-value prisoners and sheltering senior group officials at Syria's largest dam, reports the Wall Street Journal, citing several people familiar with the situation.

The militants have apparently decided that the U.S. will not bomb the Taqba Dam since that could flood large parts of Iraq and cut electricity to all of eastern Syria, according to experts.

The dam is 25 miles (40 km) west of Raqqa, the de facto ISIS capital in Syria, and has been...

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