While there are many unknowns about what might happen next in the Middle East, Israeli …
Read More »Family ties fuel Islamic State to rebel pipeline in northern Syria
The stories of fighters who turned from the Islamic State to Syria’s rebel opposition forces show the how kinship ties, regionalism, and material concerns often trump ideology in the Syrian war. As the Islamic State’s meteoric rise reversed course in 2016, the terror organization’s fighters in northeast Syria faced a …
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