ISIS Executes Dozens of Its Own to Weed Out Spies

Months of losing ground in Iraq and Syria and suffering the deaths of key commanders has fueled paranoia and compelled ISIS leaders to kill dozens within its own ranks in a search for spies.

Thirty-eight suspected moles were killed in the aftermath of a drone bombing that killed Abu Hayjaa al-Tunsi, a senior ISIS commander, according to FoxNews.com.

And the methods to weed out spies have been gruesome — displaying dead bodies, or dropping suspected traitors in a vat of acid.

"Daesh is now concentrating on how to find informers because they have lost commanders that are hard to replace," a senior Iraqi intelligence official said. "Now any ISIS commander has the right to kill a person whom they suspect is an informer for the coalition."

ISIS has been prone to the rank-and-file converting to informants for monetary reasons. ISIS reduced salaries as a result of airstrikes on oil facilities that dealt a blow to the terrorist group's finances.

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