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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham

Lisa Lundquist

October 26, 2013

In Syrian civil war, emergence of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria boosts rival Jabhat al-Nusra

Al Nusrah Front, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, Syria

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