A convoy of Islamic State fighters and their families begin to depart from the Lebanon-Syria border zone in Qalamoun, Syria August 28, 2017. Omar Sanadiki/Reuters
Foreign Policy: Prowling the Syrian Desert, U.S. Picking Off ISIS Fighters in Stranded Convoy
American aircraft have been picking off Islamic State fighters who stray too far from their bus convoy stranded in the Syrian desert, including those who may wander too far in order to relieve themselves.
Eleven buses filled with Islamic State fighters and their families have been stalled in the desert for the past 72 hours, occasionally being resupplied by trucks coming from Syrian regime-controlled territory, U.S. defense officials say. American aircraft buzzing overhead are blocking them from reaching an Islamic State stronghold in Deir Ezzor, and so far they appear unwilling to head back to Syrian-controlled territory.
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Update: A convoy of ISIS fighters has been stuck in the desert for more than a week under fear of US airstrikes (Business Insider)
WNU Editor: They are being eliminated not with a bang .... but with a whimper. No "Highway Of Death" scenario for them.
