Syria power vacuum marks opportunity for IS jihadists
Its fighters are for now holed up in small cells spread across the eastern Syrian desert -- with their survival already marking a win in the face of the defunct Assad leadership's weak grip on the region.
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A Syrian carries unexploded ammunition picked up from the site of the previous evening's Israeli airstrike that targeted shipments of weapons that belonged to Syrian government forces in Qamishli, in mainly Kurdish northeastern Syria, on December 10, 2024. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)
By NewVision Reporter
Journalists @NewVision
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What remains of the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria could gain new life after Bashar al-Assad's fall, potentially claiming territory and freeing its fighters in the Kurdish-controlled