Advances on IS Strongholds Underlines US, Russia Convergence

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT World http://ift.tt/212oypE
via IFTTT A two-pronged advance to capture key urban strongholds of the Islamic State group and its self-styled capital of Raqqa has underlined a quiet convergence of strategy between the U.S. and Russia to defeat the extremists, with Syria's Kurds emerging as the common link.