ISIS, Nusra Unite against US-Backed Forces

The two most brutal terror groups in Syria reportedly have struck an alliance, against what US called “moderate” rebel factions in the country.
The Associated Press reported Thursday that militant leaders from the so-called ISIS and Al Qaeda’s Syria affiliate, the Nusra Front, agreed during a meeting in northern Syria last week to stop fighting each other.
Such an accord could present new difficulties for Washington's strategy against the ISIS, as Fox News reported.
While warplanes from a U.S.-led coalition strike militants from the air, the Obama administration has counted on arming "moderate" rebels who are fighting against Syrian army as well as other armed group in the country, to push them back on the ground.
Those rebels, already considered relatively weak and disorganized, would face far stronger opposition if the two heavy-hitting militant groups now are working together. One official claimed the ISIS and Nusra already have agreed to work toward destroying one prominent, U.S.-backed rebel group.