As Islamist extremists risk breaking apart Iraq, their onslaught is threatening to turn the tables in the civil war in neighboringSyria.
Neither the rebels nor President Bashar al-Assad has been able to declare a victory after three years of fighting. A little over a week after its takeover of several Iraqi cities, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant militant group is now under attack in Syria as the government in Damascus tries to stifle gains by a group surging in strength.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-17/iraqi-attacks-remind-assad-of-unfinished-business-in-syrian-war.html