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Re:ISIS cuts its fighters' salaries by 50% by Cyph0n on Wednesday January 20, 2016 @11:43AM (#10939318)
The FSA and ISIS are two different entities. Both still exist. The third major player is Al Nusra Front, which falls under Al Qaeda. FSA and Al Nusra are fighting ISIS, the Syrian government, and Hezbollah.

In a very interesting interview conducted by Al Jazeera a few months back, the head of Al Nusra Front stated that ISIS and the Syrian government/Hezbollah never really fought each other.

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Re:ISIS cuts its fighters' salaries by 50% by seren on Wednesday January 20, 2016 @12:12PM (#10939545)
I am sure that at least some area some local commander of either Al Nusra or FSA have joined Isis, for various reasons, like being besieged by Assad's forces, running out of munition, etc.

This is also the messy part of civil war to survive alliances are fleeting. And so it is totally believable that some weapons given by the West to support FSA ended up in Isis hand willingly.

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