After U.S.-Led Coalition Stops Surveillance, ISIS Convoy Reaches Deir Ezzor

Busloads of Islamic State militants and their families who had been stranded in the Syrian desert have finally reached jihadist-held territory in Deir Ezzor province, reports Newsweek.

The Syrian army and its ally Lebanon-based Hezbollah agreed to a deal on Aug. 28 to allow about several hundred ISIS fighters and family members to evacuate their enclave along the border with Lebanon. The agreement called for the return of the bodies of Lebanese soldiers who were captured in...