FILE – This photo posted online Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017, by supporters of the Islamic State group on an anonymous photo sharing website, purports to show an IS fighter firing a weapon during clashes with Syrian government troops in the
FILE – This photo posted online Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017, by supporters of the Islamic State group on an anonymous photo sharing website, purports to show an IS fighter firing a weapon during clashes with Syrian government troops in the eastern Syrian province of Deir el-Zour. While the U.S.-led coalition and Russian-backed Syrian troops have been focused on driving Islamic State from the country’s east, an al-Qaida-linked insurgent coalition known as the Levant Liberation Committee has consolidated its control over Idlib, and may be looking to return to Osama bin Laden’s strategy of attacking the West. (Militant Photo via AP, File)
