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Islamic State leaders claim to be living in luxury in a vast mansion seized from a billionaire Arab sheikh.
The jihadi group’s social media sites posted photographs of the spectacular mansion, under the headline: ‘A castle for the tyrants of Qatar in Palmyra’.
Aerial snapshots show sprawling gardens surrounding the mansion, in the heart of the Syrian desert.
It is claimed that the real owners – the Qatari royal family – abandoned the villa when Isis closed in.
The leaders of the regime, which took over nearby Palmyra in May, are now said to have set up headquarters in the luxury villa, amid gold-leaf columns and plush furnishings.
One Syrian Twitter user – who claimed to have previously worked inside the palace – posted satellite imagery of the property last December.
He claimed that construction, which began in 2009, ground to a halt due to the Syrian civil war.
He added in a comment that the marble floors inside the villa are the same as those at the holy mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Social media users refer to the villa as Mozeh Palace claiming it was built for Emira Mozeh, the mother of the current Emir of Qatar, the British-educated Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3122560/Inside-ISIS-s-luxury-new-headquarters-Jihadists-set-base-spectacular-Syrian-mansion-owned-Qatari-Royal-Family-boasts-marble-floors-gold-leaf-columns.html
Inside ISIS's luxury new headquarters: Jihadists set up base in spectacular Syrian mansion they claim to have seized from Qatari Royal Family
Isis claim the villa belongs to the Qatari royal family, but was abandoned when the terror group approached
Photographs were shared by Isis media branches under the headline 'a castle for the tyrants of Qatar in Palmyra'
By IMOGEN CALDERWOOD FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 04:43 EST, 13 June 2015 | UPDATED: 06:47 EST, 13 June 2015
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