article_snippet.sent: Depraved Islamic State militants have deliberately destroyed hundreds of boxes of American-produced Halal chicken despite hundreds of thousands facing starvation in war-torn Syria.
article_snippet.sent: The barbaric terror group released photos show crates of chicken being set alight in a field near the city of Aleppo even though the meat being was slaughtered according to Islamic law and was perfectly fit for consumption.
article_snippet.sent: The food was burned after the jihadis noticed labels on the boxes that suggested the birds had been reared and slaughtered in the United States - something ISIS considers so beyond the pale that hungry refugees on the brink of starving to death are banned from eating the meat.
article_snippet.sent: The barbaric terror group released photos show crates of chicken being set alight in a field near the city of Aleppo despite the meat being slaughtered according to Islamic Law and perfectly fit for eat .
article_snippet.sent: One of the images released by ISIS shows a group of jihadis removing the boxes of chicken from the lorry and hurling the boxes of chicken down the steep side of a road .
article_snippet.sent: The images of the chicken burning were released by the Islamic State's official propaganda wing in Aleppo province, which the militants refer to by the militants ancient name, Halab.
article_snippet.sent: Instead, the two lorries were stopped by ISIS religious police force - known as Al-Hesbah - at a checkpoint in Aleppo province, where the cargo was deemed unlawful.
article_snippet.sent: One of the images released by ISIS shows a group of jihadis removing the boxes of chicken from the lorry and hurling the boxes of chicken down the steep side of a road.
highlights_snippet.sent: But ISIS militants spotted a label claiming the chickens were US-reared .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: the chickens declared the cargo 'unlawful' and set light to hundreds of the crates .
  