(Global News) Flying its black flags, the Islamic State group advanced across Syria and Iraq in convoys of pickups and SUVs, some mounted with heavy guns and reinforced with metal plates.
Vehicles were central to the ISIS campaign, but like any trucks, they broke down, and mechanics were needed to keep them on the road.
Mechanics like Boutros Massroua.
For several months in 2015, the Lebanese national repaired ISIS vehicles, both in the Bekaa Valley, where he lived, and across the border in Syria.
He wasn’t a member of ISIS. A Catholic, he had to remove his crucifix before going to work so as not to provoke his fanatical employers. But he was well paid.
