Russian Media: Islamic State Negotiating With Al-Nusra Front To Join Forces

Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber © Dmitriy Vinogradov / RIA Novosti

RT: ISIS negotiating with Al-Nusra Front to join forces against Syrian Army – Russian military

The Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday its intelligence had overheard Islamic State commanders talking to Al-Nusra Front about uniting forces against the Syrian Army.

The Russian Air Force eliminated 83 militant targets in 46 sorties in the last 24 hours, bombing terrorist groups in five Syrian provinces, destroying camps, warehouses, vehicles and workshops, the MoD’s spokesman, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said in a briefing on Wednesday.

The airstrikes hit targets of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) and Al-Nusra Front in the provinces of Aleppo, Damascus, Deir al-Zor, Hama, Idlib and Latakia.

Update #1: Terrorist groups in Syria hold talks on unification against government forces -- TASS
Update #2: Russia says Islamic State talking to Al-Nusra about uniting against Syrian army -- Reuters

WNU Editor: When I first heard about this .... I said no way. But considering what has happened in the Middle East in the past few years .... anything is possible now.