DESPERATE jihadis in Syria have taken to bombing each other amid a bitter feud as Vladimir Putin steps up his intense campaign to annihilate the Islamic State.
ISIS has reportedly targeted local al-Qaeda affiliate the Al-Nusra Front with three car bombs in the past week.
It is thought that the beleaguered groups are fighting over territory control and a lack of funds.
Rival terror groups are also enlisting young children in a bid to boost numbers after another round of strikes by Russian fighters.
Putin's jets have hit a further 51 targets in the past 24 hours – including arms depots and command posts.
They heavily damaged two underground bunkers in Homs that the terrorists use to hide weapons and move undetected, according to a spokesman for the Russian Defence Ministry.
ISIS militants also fled when the air strikes hit an entire command structure in the Hama province.
It comes just days after mass desertions from the terror group emerged in a development that could potentially spell an end to the barbaric self-styled caliphate.
Strict rules and cruel punishments for breaking them have prompted desertions "en-masse" from jihadi training camps.
The aerial bombardment from Russian and US-backed coalition warplanes has also taken its toll.
Senior Russian General Andrey Kartapolov told a briefing: "The majority of armed gangs are demoralised - discontent with field commanders is growing amid the fighters, and there are instances of disobeying orders."
He added that cases of desertion among the jihadists were no longer isolated, with entire groups of extremist militants now abandoning the self-styled caliphate “en-masse".
Scott Campbell
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