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IS convoy stranded in Syria desert after US bombing
Source: BBC
The US-led coalition says it will keep blocking a convoy of evacuated Islamic State militants in Syria from reaching IS-held territory on the Iraq border.
The hundreds of fighters recently surrendered an enclave on Syria's border with Lebanon.
They agreed with Hezbollah and the Syrian government that they would leave with their families and head eastwards.
But the coalition says it and Iraq were not part of the deal and on Wednesday bombed the road ahead of the convoy.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-41134559
I think I agree with the US on this one - Syria doesn't get to pass on armed fanatics to be someone else's problem, even if they do have families (willing?) with them. ISIS militants must be kept apart and weak, not allowed to regroup.
The fighters belong in prisons.
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