"... A Syrian rebel brigade defected to the Islamic State this week, a sign that the extremist group continues to build strength after seizing vast territories in western Iraq and eastern Syria, anti-government activists said Tuesday.The 1,000-strong Dawud Brigade, which had been based in Sarmin, a town in Syria’s Idlib province, arrived Sunday in Raqqa, a city in northeast Syria that the Islamic State has made its main headquarters for more than a year...... The big question was whether other groups or individuals would follow suit.....“Frankly speaking, people in the countryside of Idlib are in a real panic about the advancement of the Islamic State,” he said...."
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