Islamic State fighters appear to be getting only 50 percent of their cash allowance due to the “exceptional circumstances”.

The so-called Islamic State’s Treasury Ministry, operating from the terrorists’ stronghold of Raqqa in Syria, issued the document last month that was been recently translated by a research fellow at the Middle East Forum, Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi.

After providing some reflections on the Koran and a short piece about the “jihad of wealth” and the “jihad of soul,” Abu Muhammad al-Muhajir, Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) “Treasury Minister”, gets to the point.

“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 document, which appears to be authentic, stresses that provisions are going to be distributed as usual, twice a month.

The nature of the "exceptional circumstances" remains unclear, but soon after the report emerged, the Pentagon declared their 19-month air campaign against ISIS finally began to put some "strain" on the terrorists' "checkbook".

On January 11, the US Defense Department declassified a video which it said shows a coalition air strike against an Islamic State cash depot in Mosul, north Iraq. The video shows a bomb striking an area amid a cluster of buildings. Clouds of cash can be seen fluttering in the air.

(RT)