"That call to join the Islamic State is still going
out, and having an effect, on social media and
within jihadist circles. But its promises ring
increasingly hollow as residents living in ISIS-
controlled areas flee deprivation, an
intensifying barrage of airstrikes and an
organization that many Sunni Muslims say has
acted more like an organized-crime ring than
their defender. Even some residents who chose
to stay when the jihadists took over are now
paying smugglers to get them around
checkpoints designed to keep them in..."
