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An antiquated warplane belonging to Libyan pro-government forces prepares to attack ISIS-linked rebels in Benghazi. Italy and Egypt are pushing for the US-led anti-ISIS coalition to join the fight in Libya.

Why the US doesn’t want to call ISIS’ offshoots parts of ISIS at all

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As ISIS grows its reach into new countries, the US and its allies are debating whether those affiliates should be attacked. And that decision has a lot to do with who’s considered a part of ISIS at all.

Members of the Islamist Syrian rebel group, Jabhat al-Nusra, pose on top a tank in northern Syria earlier this year.

In Syria, the Nusra Front tries to distinguish itself from the Islamic State

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