Fighters from the former Al-Nusra Front -- renamed Fateh al-Sham Front after breaking from Al-Qa’ida -- listen to a speech at an armament school after they recaptured two military academies and a third military position south of Aleppo on August 6, 2016, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. (OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP/Getty Images)

Islamic State’s Loss of Territory Creates Opportunity for its Rival

Robert Swift

03/16/2017

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Islamic State’s Loss of Territory Creates Opportunity for its Rival