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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

May 22, 2015Conflict

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

August 25, 2014Conflict

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