MESOP TODAY QUOTATION (I) : ISIS BEFORE THE GREAT FALL
Disillusion Sets In Within the Islamic State / Washington Post 10 March 2015
The Islamic State is increasingly facing internal dissent, as guerrilla attacks and tensions between foreign and local fighters dent its aura of invincibility. As the group struggles to hold on to the territory it seized in Syria and Iraq, there have been increasing reports of jihadist fighters attempting to desert, and foreign fighters refusing to deploy to the front lines. In the Syrian province of Deir Ezzor, meanwhile, guerillas have launched hit-and-run attacks against the group – most recently, killing 12 members of its police force on Sunday.http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/the-islamic-state-is-fraying-from-within/2015/03/08/0003a2e0-c276-11e4-a188-8e4971d37a8d_story.html?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=%2AMideast%20Brief&utm_campaign=2014_The%20Middle%20East%20Daily