ISIS cells have expanded further their presence in the “opposition-held” area in the northeastern Hama countryside. ISIS is now in control of about 13 villages there.
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda) is too busy with fighting against the Syrian government. So, it has done little to counter the ISIS expansion in the area.
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