War

Government failure motivates terrorists and exacerbates their attacks.

Some Muslims stand up against extremism.

Russians help Syrians recapture Palmyra from ISIS.

"Meanwhile, the five year US “regime change” effort in Syria chugs along in a very different way. We learned in a Los Angeles Times report yesterday that the US is now at war with…itself in Syria.
Yes, that’s right. While Syrian government troops and the Russians are dealing a death-blow to ISIS in Syria, one set of rebels supported by the Central Intelligence Agency is at war with another set of rebels supported by the Pentagon."

You can't make this stuff up.