Watch: A very brave Syrian woman is said to have secretly filmed life under Islamic State rule

As the US launches airstrikes against Islamic State targets inside Syria, a video has emerged that purports to show us what life has been like there under Islamic State rule.

The video was reportedly shot in secret by what must be a very brave Syrian woman living in Raqqa, a city home to 220,000 people transformed into a rebel stronghold covered in black flags and dotted with checkpoints. Islamic State fighters seized control of Raqqa in 2013 and made it their capital city, complete with functioning institutions of governance, education, and healthcare. Among those institutions: an armed, religious police force that patrols the streets and ensures that woman are covered in burqa and niqab, and that men aren't smoking.

This undercover video, which aired on France 2, seems to show that and more. Among the most revealing scenes takes place in an internet cafe, where women who appear to have traveled to Syria from France speak on the phone to relatives back home and defend their choice to live under Islamic State rule.

GlobalPost has not independently verified the authenticity of the video.

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