ISIS and Al Qaeda Ready to Gang Up on Obama's Rebels

NIGHTMARE

At a secret meeting in Syria brokered by the dreaded Khorasan group, the terrorist rivals discussed a merger.

Published Nov. 11 2014 5:17AM EST

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ISTANBUL—Jihadi veterans known collectively as the Khorasan group, which have been targeted in two waves of airstrikes by U.S. warplanes, are trying to broker an alarming merger between militant archrivals the Islamic State and Jabhat

Jamie Dettmer

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ISIS and Al Qaeda Ready to Gang Up on Obama's Rebels

At a secret meeting in Syria brokered by the dreaded Khorasan group, the terrorist rivals discussed a merger.

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Jamie Dettmer