"Their name is the
Islamic state of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Their goal is to link together the two areas (Syria, Iraq) to set up their
state and then to continue spreading," said activist and citizen journalist Abdel Salam Hussein. Speaking from Albu Kamal on the Iraq border, Hussein said ISIL seeks to crush Al-Nusra Front, Al-Qaeda's Syria affiliate, and control the eastern, energy-rich province of Deir Ezzor bordering Iraq.
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