After more than a decade of devastation inflicted by civil war, Syrians face a new struggle for survival. Suddenly there was a buzzing overhead, followed by two loud explosions. It was an IS drone, ...

One of the villages is Ruska Lozova, where BBC correspondent Quentin Sommerville and cameraman Darren Conway met locals who have been surviving with no power, water or means of communication.

Parvez also told BBC reporter Quentin Sommerville that he regrets joining, wants to come home, and never knew the "realities" of being part of ISIS. "I didn't know there was something waiting for ...