US air strikes in Syria driving anti-Assad groups to support Isis

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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/23/us-air-strikes-syra-driving-anti-assad-groups-support-isis

Fighters from the Free Syrian Army and several Islamic military groups say Isis is gaining allies or truces due to US bombings

US air strikes in Syria are encouraging anti-regime fighters to forge alliances with or even defect to the fundamentalist jihadi group Islamic State (Isis), according to a series of interviews conducted by the Guardian.

Fighters from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and Islamic military groups are joining forces with Isis, which has gained control of swaths of Syria and Iraq and has beheaded six western hostages in the past few months.

Some brigades have transferred their allegiance to Isis, while others are forming tactical alliances or truces. Support among civilians also appears to be growing in some areas as a result of resentment over US-led military action.

“Isis now is like a magnet that attracts large numbers of Muslims,” said Abu Talha, who defected from the FSA a few months ago, and is now in negotiations with other fighters from Islamic groups such as the al-Nusra Front to follow suit.

Another fighter from a 600-strong dissident FSA brigade near Homs, Assam Murad, said: “There’s no way we would fight Isis after the US military campaign against them.”

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1. Nobody could have anticipated this.