Mass executions, kidnappings and beheadings are just some of the atrocities committed by Islamic State, as the bloodthirsty jihadists try to establish a caliphate across large areas of Syria and Iraq. The group has also killed a number of Western journalists.

RT's Maria Finoshina travelled to Lebanon - which has allowed anti-Assad fighters to cross its border... There she spoke to some of the jihadists.

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