<p>The Islamic State terrorists are demanding doctors to give them sick notes in a bid to escape fighting on the front line, according to a new report by the US military.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Now some militants are so disillusioned they are looking for any way they can to get out of the fighting," a report by the US military's think-tank, the Centre for Combating Terrorism (CTC) said.<br /><br />The militants are reportedly struggling to keep fighter morale up as the group struggles to deal with territory losses, military pressure, financial problems and poor management.<br /><br />"This was reflected on a wider level when the Islamic State issued a general amnesty for deserters at the beginning of October 2015. The personnel shortages were also evidenced by an Islamic State document that emerged last year," it said.<br /><br />Issued in Deir ez-Zor province in eastern Syria, the document indicates that a number of Islamic State members had been seeking false medical reports from doctors in order to avoid front line duty, the Daily Mirror reported.<br /><br />Much of the terror group's problems with personnel stem from their inability to pay wages.<br /><br />"The reasons for financial strain on the Islamic State overlap to a degree with the causes of problems of cohesion in the Islamic State’s ranks, such as reduced border access to Turkey, tougher border policies, and coalition airstrikes,' the report said.<br /><br />"These strikes have most recently targeted Islamic State 'cash storage' points and the oil industry."<br />They have been forced to slash their fighter's wages - and many have quit in disgust at their treatment, the report said.<br /><br />Earlier this year it was reported that ISIS has been forced to cut the salaries of its murderous fighters by half.<br /><br />The militants now get the equivalent of just 100 pounds a month because of "exceptional circumstances", according to a document released by Bayt al-Mal, the Treasury Ministry of ISIS.</p>
<p>The Islamic State terrorists are demanding doctors to give them sick notes in a bid to escape fighting on the front line, according to a new report by the US military.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Now some militants are so disillusioned they are looking for any way they can to get out of the fighting," a report by the US military's think-tank, the Centre for Combating Terrorism (CTC) said.<br /><br />The militants are reportedly struggling to keep fighter morale up as the group struggles to deal with territory losses, military pressure, financial problems and poor management.<br /><br />"This was reflected on a wider level when the Islamic State issued a general amnesty for deserters at the beginning of October 2015. The personnel shortages were also evidenced by an Islamic State document that emerged last year," it said.<br /><br />Issued in Deir ez-Zor province in eastern Syria, the document indicates that a number of Islamic State members had been seeking false medical reports from doctors in order to avoid front line duty, the Daily Mirror reported.<br /><br />Much of the terror group's problems with personnel stem from their inability to pay wages.<br /><br />"The reasons for financial strain on the Islamic State overlap to a degree with the causes of problems of cohesion in the Islamic State’s ranks, such as reduced border access to Turkey, tougher border policies, and coalition airstrikes,' the report said.<br /><br />"These strikes have most recently targeted Islamic State 'cash storage' points and the oil industry."<br />They have been forced to slash their fighter's wages - and many have quit in disgust at their treatment, the report said.<br /><br />Earlier this year it was reported that ISIS has been forced to cut the salaries of its murderous fighters by half.<br /><br />The militants now get the equivalent of just 100 pounds a month because of "exceptional circumstances", according to a document released by Bayt al-Mal, the Treasury Ministry of ISIS.</p>