Egyptian ISIS Member Steals $1 Million From Group Flees To Turkey

An Egyptian man has reportedly delivered a financial blow to the Islamic State (Isis) by becoming "emir" of its alms department and then fleeing with almost one million US dollars to Turkey.

Abu Obeida (or Ubaidah) al-Masri, secretary of the Zakat (charity) bureau and treasurer of IS Syrian branch, eloped with the funds amounting to "billion Syrian pounds" which have been collected by his department in Deir Ez Zour province, Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper reported, citing Syrian Press Center news site.

According to some rumours, IS militants have issued an order to stop recruiting Egyptian jihadists because of the incident.